Some organizations do regular code reviews; those that don’t would do better if they did. Code reviews help spread knowledge through a development team. Reviews help more experienced developers pass knowledge to those less experienced. They help more people understand more aspects of a large software system. They are also very important in writing clear code. My code may look clear to me but not to my team. That’s inevitable—it’s hard for people to put themselves in the shoes of someone unfamiliar with whatever they are working on. Reviews also give the opportunity for more people to suggest
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