Your Code Review Process Is Theatre

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✅ You open the PR. You blanch at the 10,000-line diff. You leave a fussy comment, so everyone knows you’re Paying Attention. You click Approve; the green checkmark appears. Everything keeps trundling along. The ritual is complete. The phrase “code review” flatters the practice. In most organizations it means little more than ritualized exposure to a textual delta followed by…

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