Re:Ask HN: Code Reviews as a Solo Developer
by codingdave on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @02:59PM
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One option is to always have a few different projects going to keep your perspective fresh:
Create commits and PRs as if you were on a team, then go work on another project. Then come back and re-read your own PR. Having been doing something else for a while, you'll see it with fresher eyes. If it still makes sense and looks good, ship it.
This won't catch everything - you probably still have blind spots in your skill set. We all do. But it will prevent tunnel vision from being too close to your own code.
Create commits and PRs as if you were on a team, then go work on another project. Then come back and re-read your own PR. Having been doing something else for a while, you'll see it with fresher eyes. If it still makes sense and looks good, ship it.
This won't catch everything - you probably still have blind spots in your skill set. We all do. But it will prevent tunnel vision from being too close to your own code.