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		XorNot on Sept 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Lead Your Team When the House Is on Fire The seriousness of any code review process can be determined by whether it diffuses liability from the original code author for any bugs. So far in my career this has never been the case.

Aeolun on Sept 15, 2024 [–]

I think we do, to some extend. As the TL, when I’ve reviewed their PR I’m definitely not going to blame them for the bugs I missed during review. They’ll still have to fix them, because that’s just most efficient.

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