Best of Code Review — February 2024

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   DEV·2y

   Writing a good Pull Request (with template)

   A template for pull requests is introduced to improve codebase and the process of reviewing changes. The template includes sections for providing context, describing the task, discussing changes in the codebase and external services, and providing additional information.

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   Article

   Product Hunt·2y

   Hoji AI - Automated AI Code Reviewer

   Hoji AI is an automated AI code reviewer that has been game-changing for many users. Share your thoughts and suggestions for future improvements!

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   Article

   Hacker News·2y

   Code Review as Interview

   CodeRev is a lightweight tool for organizing and conducting technical interviews using code reviews. It can be a better measure of a candidate's ability to adapt and contribute to a team. It provides a real-world, day-to-day responsibility of providing feedback to teammates.

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   Article

   Hacker News·2y

   The ideal PR is 50 lines long

   Smaller code changes in pull requests are better, with the ideal PR size being 50 lines. Smaller PRs are easier to review, have fewer bugs, and faster to deploy. They also have a higher rate of review comments per line changed and are less likely to be reverted. PRs that are too small or too large have drawbacks as well.

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