Amazing Code Reviews: Creating a Superhero Collective • Alejandro Lujan • GOTO 2019

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2019. #GOTOcon #GOTOber http://gotober.com Alejandro Lujan - Senior Data Platform Engineer ABSTRACT Are you a bit terrified when merging to master? Do you loathe having to read hundreds of LOC to understand that PR you got tagged in? Do you polish and re-polish before asking for a review? Then you should come to my talk. We’ll talk about how your team can be awesome at reviewing code. There is general consensus on the fact that code reviews are an important step for a successful development workflow. Most organizations undergo code reviews of some form. However, it’s all too common to see reviewers that barely scratch the surface of the work being put forth, or that offer feedback that is unclear or hard to act upon. This robs the team from the opportunity to speed up learning, share knowledge and context, and from generally raising the quality bar on the software being built. In this talk, I will share my story of encountering a new code review process when joining Shopify, and the surprising learnings I found - even as an experienced developer. I will discuss the tremendous gains individuals and teams [...] Read the full abstract here: https://gotober.com/2019/sessions/888/amazing-code-reviews-creating-a-superhero-collective https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #CodeReviews #DeveloperProductivity #Productivity #Shopify #AlejandroLujan CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1