The primary purpose of code review is to find code that will be hard to maintain

	The primary purpose of code review is to find code that will be hard to maintain(mathstodon.xyz)
	373 points by ColinWright 50 days ago \| 175 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↓Code review has multiple purposes; maintainability is just one of many important ones ↓Knowledge transfer and shared ownership are the most valuable aspects of code review ↓The article's claim promotes lazy reviewing by narrowing review's legitimate scope ↓Bugs actually can be found through code review via code smells and patterns ↑Clarifying the author's mathematical framing about bug-finding limitations