I've wondered about this. Anecdotally, the place I've worked with the best quality didn't do code review (maybe three "serious" user-visible bugs during the 8 years I was there, one of which was a fab issue that couldn't have been caught with any amount of code review).https://twitter.com/skamille/status/1169765800829435904 …
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Replying to @danluu
I believe code reviews, done well, are primarily about training and team building, not reducing bugs.
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Replying to @davidcrawshaw @danluu
That said, it is still worth questioning their cost/benefit! The modern code review consensus has been promoted by tech companies with enough revenue to hide any costs. The problem is what I think of as the value of code reviews is hard to measure.
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My feeling (just a feeling, I don't have evidence for this either way) is that pair programming works better for training than code reviews. I suspect actual training also works better, but since no one does that it's hard to compare.
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I've worked at two companies that are probably P99+ in how much explicit training they offer, but they're not even in the same league as what you get if you walk down to your local go/chess/bridge club, let alone what you get if you're a serious amateur athlete or go player.
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This tweet makes me want to join a go club. They’re really that helpful to beginners?
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This surely depends on the club, but I think some (many?) are. I hear the Palo Alto Bridge Club is great, I have no idea about chess or go clubs in the bay area, though :-).
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