9 May 2022 by Phillip JohnstonThis is the most important factor to understand when reviewing code: code reviews are about the code, not about the author of the code. Keeping this firmly fixed in your mind can help you avoid many of the pitfalls that arise around code reviews. The primary objective of a code review is to find defects within the code. The more defects you find, the better. The problem is that the human who wrote the code probably feels worse as the number of defects found increases – and this is especially true when metrics are collected, …
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