10 Common Mistakes Developers Make When Reviewing Code

Tate Galbraith
Level Up Coding
Published in
6 min readJul 14, 2022

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Reviewing someone else’s code can feel like you’re calling their precious baby ugly. But that code might be bad, and that baby might actually be hideous. When you look at another developer’s code, you want to provide honesty and actionable feedback.

Pull no punches when it comes to code reviews. Be sure to give the author the purest, most constructive review possible…

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