Michaela Greiler
michaelagreiler.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2016
Michaela Greiler is a software engineering researcher who writes about code reviews, technical debt, and developer productivity.
What HN saysHN commenters link her guides on respectful code reviews and a security code review checklist, and discuss code review practices more broadly.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Code Reviews at Microsoft4 people · 7 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 2Don't take on Technical Debt as you'll be busy fighting Technical Inflation2 people · 10 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 3Don't Teach During Code Reviews2 people · 6 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Be a more productive, happier and healthier developer2 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 5Use this weird trick to make code reviews easier, faster and more effective1 people · 11 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Tasks and Responsibilities of a Program Chair1 people · 7 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 7Code Reviews at Google are lightweight and fast1 people · 5 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 8We are 10x engineers – The real way to spot them1 people · 5 points · first shared 2019 · 7 comments on HN
- 9Treat Your Team: Code Review Workshops – Doctor McKayla1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 10How to build your own engineering data analytics platform1 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 11Reviewers using code review checklists outperform those who don't1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 12Don’t Criticize My Code1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 13As We Can't Slow AI, We Must Accelerate Responsibility1 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 14The Code Review Quadrant1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 15Learn How to Analyze Software Engineering Data1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
redleggedfrog · 2024-05-14
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_review) says: "Empirical studies provide evidence that up to 75% of code review defects affect software evolvability/maintainability rather than functionality, suggesting that code reviews are an excellent tool for software companies with long product or system life cycles. This also means that less than 15% of the issues discussed in code reviews are related to bugs.
So, "don't usually" equals 15%. :^)
Deep dive: https://www.michaelagreiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Characteris…
prav33n · 2023-06-03
> Everything from an unintentionally snarky comment in a PR
To avoid this, teams need to come together and learn how to be respectful during code reviews. I find this article to be a very good resource:
https://www.michaelagreiler.com/respectful-constructive-code-review-fe…
cutemonster · 2022-01-22
> code reviews include security checklists,
Can I have a checklist please?
Full stack web dev
Edit: Here I found one
https://www.michaelagreiler.com/security-code-review-checklist/