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Re:How to do a code review by aspaceman on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:05PM (#20892674)
People call positive comments noise? They put scare quotes around “positive”? This field really scares me sometimes.

Communicating positive feedback is crucial for teamwork, teaching, and passing ideas on.

Re:How to do a code review by kortilla on Friday September 06, 2019 @02:36AM (#20893549)
Depends on level of seniority and amount of time the person has been on the team. Positive comments to a senior engineer about using a hash map instead of doing a huge linear scan are just noise.

Nurses don’t compliment each other for using a new pair of gloves on each patient.