Name: Code Review MUST Be Fast, Otherwise The Team Is Unhealthy
Uploaded: 2022-04-14
Duration: 4 min 10 s
Description: For the full 1.5 hour masterclass on effective code review, you can find it here

Code Review MUST Be Fast, Otherwise The Team Is Unhealthy

For the full 1.5 hour masterclass on effective code review, you can find it [here](https://link.jointaro.com/gTtPj4oqdq7wXoFYA).

- In the end, code review is a gatekeeper, so it has to be fast for the team to ship quickly.
  - This is especially true if you work for a high-performance tech company like FAANG or a hyper-growth startup.
- *If you're evaluating a team, definitely ask about what its code review culture and speed are like.* Not only does faster code review lead to smoother shipping, it also enables faster learning.
- It should take 1-2 days to get code review feedback, and even 2 days is pushing it.
- What's important to realize is that a lot of pull requests will take multiple iterations to be finalized. Let's say it takes your teammates 3 days to leave feedback, and you need 3 revisions before your PR is perfect. *This means that landing 1 PR took you over a week.*
- Have a focus block at the end of your day where you can review all open pull requests from your team to enable that 1 day turnaround.
- Code review is inherently a more selfless act as it unlocks someone else. *Doing lightning fast code review is an extremely powerful way to be a stellar teammate.* Alex got to most reviews within 2 hours.
- On the flip side, don't be too pushy asking teammates for code review. Wait for around a day at least before pinging them (unless it's an urgent PR).

Related resources:
- [Avoid These Junior Engineer Mistakes With Code Review](https://link.jointaro.com/agkYrLH8uuCv4UcPA)
- ["How do you suggest code review feedback where you think there’s a better way to do what they’re currently doing?](https://link.jointaro.com/y9sQNWiPqFct4ad2A)
- ["How can I write great code faster?"](https://link.jointaro.com/1h3FLBSJWxbVoEUo6)

For the full 1.5 hour masterclass on effective code review, you can find it here

Code review is one of the most common and powerful ways for software engineers to learn. On top of increasing code quality, it builds engineering culture within a team.

We all have the same 24 hours in a day - The difference is that some are able to get far more out of it than others. Here's what they're doing that others aren't.