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HOW GOOGLE TAKES THE PAIN OUT OF CODE REVIEWS, WITH 97% DEV SATISFACTION

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Google's code review guidelines emphasize continuous improvement, maintaining or improving the codebase, following style guides, sharing knowledge, writing small code changes, and maintaining professionalism in feedback. Google's code review tool, Critique, is well-regarded by Google engineers and ex-employees, with over 97% user satisfaction. Critique has various features to increase productivity, including static analysis tools that provide actionable feedback, a focus on the latest code changes, machine learning-powered suggestions, tight integration with other Google tools, and a user-friendly interface. These are shown in the article with screenshots. The article also provides statistics on Google's code review process, such as code review frequency and efficiency at the company.