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Refactoring Podcast

Code Reviews, AI, and Modern Engineering 🔍 — with Greg Foster

Jul 12, 2024
CTO at Graphite, Greg Foster, shares insights on good code reviews, AI in development, and Graphite's engineering team structure. They discuss monorepos vs polyrepos, AI-human balance, and tech apprenticeships in the AI era. Common mistakes in code reviews, integrating AI, and Graphite's dev tool are also covered.
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Quick takeaways

  • Smaller code changes lead to better code reviews, fewer bugs, and reduced rollback risks.
  • Graphite focuses on facilitating code reviews and fast code changes for improved team collaboration.

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Greg Foster discusses the benefits of smaller code changes and code reviews

Greg Foster, CTO at Graphite, emphasizes the importance of co-changes being smaller, highlighting Google research showing the benefits of smaller co-changes in terms of reviews, bugs, and rollback likelihood. Graphite focuses on facilitating code reviews and faster code changes to enhance team collaboration and efficiency.

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