Code Review as a Service

Re:Code Review as a Service by dnautics on Monday December 20, 2021 @11:22AM (#29626588)

I wonder if, instead of just incremental code reviews, there would also be a way to get a 3rd party review our huge codebase and flag issues (architectural, real legibility -- not just "CC measures") to be dealt with. Then you could keep track of them and burn them down as part of "killing technical debt" goals.

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Re:Code Review as a Service by nathasm on Monday December 20, 2021 @10:12PM (#29633375)

Yes! I am a reviewer for PullRequest and since I've been doing reviews with them I've been involved in at least one major review where I was given the opportunity to review the entire codebase. From there I was asked to give comments, suggestions, design ideas, and general feedback on a number of different criteria.

I'm just a reviewer and can only comment on what I've experienced. But I can say that what you're asking has definitely been done.

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Re:Code Review as a Service by avip on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:47PM (#29628415)

I'd pay $$ just to have someone reviewing our Raman bowel of a codebase and documenting it.

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Re:Code Review as a Service by all2 on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:09PM (#29628736)

> and documenting it

Sounds like you need two or three people dedicated to the task. Documentation is a whole profession by itself. Well, good documentation.

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