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How do I find indicators to show that code review is improving quality of a code base?
I was asked to review and handle merge request for a code base, which has been contributed by dozens of programmer with basically no regulation (or perhaps there was but nobody follows), so I set up ...
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Code review patterns for multiple teams working on a single product
We're scaling out development on a single product from a single team to multiple teams. What are the patterns to ensure coding style, patterns and technology is used consistently?
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How to handle a TODO in a pull request?
When I review the changes in a pull request, I sometimes stumble upon a comment with a "TODO" note which may be there for different reasons, in our case mostly because of:
the solution used to solve ...
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Shall I use low quality insecure software if I'm asked to?
I work for a finance startup managing the technical stuff. The COO decided to create a new web site using a contract developer and the owner of the company paid for it ($9k). I'm asked to use the new ...
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How to deal with 'almost good' code from a junior developer? [closed]
I got a question about team managing. Right now I'm dealing with a junior developer who's working remotely from a coding factory. The guy is open to criticism and willing to learn, but I got some ...
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How can I write unit tests that simplify feature implementation? [duplicate]
I'm a newbie to working in software development and I read a lot about how cool unit tests are. Now, I've made my first steps into a project where I'm working with a number of equally unexperienced ...
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What factors should influence how I determine when to abandon a small project with a friend? [closed]
I've found myself in a tough spot as of late. Been working on a game with a programming buddy for nearly 8 months now. We both started off as newcomers to programming around August of last year, he is ...
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how to introduce a culture of quality into the work environment? [duplicate]
Currently we're not doing any code reviews and we have effectively zero unit tests (we have some but they are never run by anyone else other than myself) and there's no coding standards for style and ...
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How to deal with too much pragmatism in the project? [duplicate]
My team and I took over a medium sized codebase over a year ago when the previous tech lead left the company. Originating from the lack of man power I fear we favored pragmatic solutions over best ...
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what is the best way to ensure accountability in code checkins?
Note: after writing this I realize that this question is perhaps philosophical, but I'm interested in how the industry handles this scenario regardless.
I have recently been working with a code base ...
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How should code "Goal Tending" be handled by a Development Manager?
First allow me to coin a term:
code goal-tending: Checking out code in the morning, then silently reviewing all of the changes made by the other developers the previous day
file by file, (...
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Advice/Approach for distilling homogenous code and building common code for a team
I work for the State of California. Our programming team in my opinion is not really a 'team' in that we usually work solo on projects throughout the application/systems complete life-cycle.
The end ...
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Are software developers who ignore quality/standards better for the company? [closed]
Do software developers who choose not to put code optimization, standards and best practices as a top priority, create more useful code than those developers who want to worry about optimization, ...
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My coworker is a nice guy, but his performance is sub-par. Do I tell my boss? [closed]
I was placed on a project about three months ago that was until then under development by a single, newly hired developer because it was falling behind. To be fair, the project is an interface to a ...
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At what point does "constructive" criticism of your code become unhelpful?
I recently started as a junior developer. As well as being one of the least experienced people on the team, I'm also a woman, which comes with all sorts of its own challenges working in a male-...
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Dealing with co-workers who do not have a consistent coding style?
What do you when you're working with someone who tends to write stylistically bad code? The code I'm talking about is usually technically correct, reasonably structured, and may even be ...
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When is it right to edit the code written by a co-worker? [duplicate]
For which issues is it right to edit the code written by a co-worker? For which issues is it wrong?
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