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Re:Code Review as a Service by FullyFunctional on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:26PM (#29628097)
That was my initial reaction too, but then I thought "using such a service might encourage the code-based to be external-reviewer friendly?". That is, instead of all the shared history/context that internal reviewers have, make all that as explicit as possible, ideally in the code, or at least in good code comments. Would also go a long way to avoid the "bus factor" (or more commmon: the "sudden-quit factor").
Re:Code Review as a Service by 6510 on Monday December 20, 2021 @04:26PM (#29630515)
No one has to die or quit. You could just hire a new dev who doesn't have to wait for someone to explain the relevant parts of the godzilla object.
Re:Code Review as a Service by FullyFunctional on Monday December 20, 2021 @07:42PM (#29632404)
I guess we are in violent agreement then. I just happened to have fresh scars from a lot of knowledge that departed with an ex-colleague recently.
Re:Code Review as a Service by rmbyrro on Monday December 20, 2021 @10:06PM (#29633340)
I guess commenter would agree with you. They're adding a point that, on top of what you said, hiring a new dev (more likely and frequent in many cases than a sudden quit) would also trigger pains similar to a sudden quit.