Re:Resisting Cognitive Surrender
by quibono on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:03AM
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On the ego-effect, I sometimes feel like cataloguing some PR-review quirks that are mostly caused by humans being humans:
1. Smaller PRs (that can be easily read) tend to receive more comments and nitpicks than a large change since it's easier for us to have all the PR context in our heads at the same time.
2. Most people are ego-tied to their code even if they pretend that they are
impartial
3. Social dynamics around merging and reviewing code between senior/junior and older/newer employees
1. Smaller PRs (that can be easily read) tend to receive more comments and nitpicks than a large change since it's easier for us to have all the PR context in our heads at the same time.
2. Most people are ego-tied to their code even if they pretend that they are impartial
3. Social dynamics around merging and reviewing code between senior/junior and older/newer employees
4. probably many more