Code Review as Literary Criticism

§01 Code as Text text I t's 9:30 AM on a Tuesday and I've just sat at my desk with a cup of coffee. I open up Slack, and ping goes the notification bubble in my taskbar. I have a DM asking for a PR review. I open the PR, and as I settle in and open my mind to the text as it scrolls lazily past me, I am teleported.