PR review, as a H.U.M.A.N
In software engineering, one of the most frequent communication channels is Pull Request (PR) review. Over the years, I have distilled a list of guiding principles for myself when reviewing PRs, apart from double-checking for correctness. The goal is, as one of my mentors put it, to apply human decency in the review process. I have expanded “H.U.M.A.N” into an acronym, which stands for Helpful, Understanding, Meticulous, Appreciative and Necessary:...