https://dplabs.tech/tags/pull-requests/ Recent content in Pull-Requests on dplabs — Software Engineering & Technology Consultancy Hugo en-us Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/code-reviews-design-not-formatting/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/code-reviews-design-not-formatting/ <p>Code review is one of the highest-leverage practices in software engineering. Done well, it catches defects before they reach production, distributes knowledge, and improves the overall quality of the codebase. Done poorly, it&rsquo;s a bureaucratic checkpoint that blocks delivery while catching only superficial issues.</p> <p>The difference is usually what the reviewer focuses on.</p> <h2 id="what-automated-tools-should-catch">What Automated Tools Should Catch</h2> <p>The first principle of effective code review: <strong>don&rsquo;t spend human review time on things that tools can detect</strong>.</p>