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Code Review Guidelines for Effective Collaboration

Conduct effective code reviews. Learn review techniques, giving feedback, and creating a positive review culture.

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Bootspring Team
Engineering
February 27, 2026
2 min read

Code reviews improve code quality and share knowledge across the team.

For Authors#

Before Requesting Review#

  • Self-review the diff first
  • Ensure tests pass
  • Write clear PR description
  • Keep PRs focused and small (<400 lines)

Good PR Description#

1## Summary 2Add user authentication using JWT 3 4## Changes 5- Add login/registration endpoints 6- Implement JWT token validation 7- Add auth middleware 8 9## Testing 10- Unit tests for auth service 11- Integration tests for endpoints

For Reviewers#

Comment Types#

1// šŸ”“ Blocking: Must fix 2// "This will cause a memory leak" 3 4// 🟔 Suggestion: Consider changing 5// "Consider using const instead of let" 6 7// 🟢 Nitpick: Optional 8// "We typically put helpers at bottom" 9 10// šŸ‘ Praise: Good work 11// "Nice solution to the caching problem"

Constructive Feedback#

āŒ Bad: "This is wrong" āœ… Good: "This might throw if user is null. Consider adding a null check."

Review Checklist#

  • Does it solve the problem?
  • Is it tested?
  • Is error handling appropriate?
  • Any security concerns?

Focus on important issues, be constructive, and remember reviews are about shipping better software together.

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