DevDiscuss S2E5: How to Harness Radical Candor in Code Reviews

Jess Lee - Sep 10 '20 - - Dev Community

This week's episode of DevDiscuss covers a topic that often holds a place of anxiety, dread, and debate in tech: code reviews.

S2:E5 - How to Harness Radical Candor in Code Reviews

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But instead of just discussing how stressful code reviews can be for all parties (don't get me wrong — venting about the code review process to trusted supporters can be healthy and productive!), we wanted to make this episode a resource for the community so we can ALL conduct better code reviews.

This week, @ben and I were joined by Rina Artstain, Senior Software Engineer at Dropbox where they focus on the company's enterprise solutions. Rina has worked at many different sizes and types of companies, from Intel to an acquired startup and beyond.

Rina authored a great post about Radical Candor in tech where they shared some meaningful reflections on how the process of code reviews has historically made reviewees feel defensive and well... not great.

rinaarts

Once more, with feeling: A radical approach to code review

rinaarts ・ Jun 7 '20

#codereview #culture #development #coding

The best part is that Rina offers some actionable, clear tips for code reviewers and reviewees (in both their post and this episode of DevDiscuss) based on the Radical Candor feedback framework.

In this episode, Ben, @rinaarts, and I discuss

  • Why code reviews often don't yield repeatable results or longterm education for reviewees
  • The Radical Candor feedback framework — what it is and why it should be implemented in code reviews
  • How to bring non-ruinous empathy into the code review process and not be a jerk.

... and much more!

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