Andy Fries My thoughts, loosely collected

How to Get Higher Quality Code Review Feedback: Reduce Cognitive Burden

04 Aug 2024

Reduce the cognitive burden on reviewers when publishing a code review. Using this as your guiding principle, you’ll write higher quality code, ship it faster, and earn more trust with your colleagues. Let’s dive into how that looks practically.

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Violent Disagreement

03 Aug 2024

Years ago, a mentor of mine introduced me to the concept of “violent disagreement”. Initially I balked at the idea of violently opposing anything in a professional setting, but in time it has become one of my most used tools in making quality decisions quickly and at scale. In this post I’ll dive into what it is, how to do it, why it works, and when to use it.

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