THE PRICE OF MANDATORY CODE REVIEWS

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Based on data from 400+ companies and 3,000+ engineers, this article challenges the mandatory code review practice in software development. The research found that teams without code reviews are 1.9x more productive but produce 2.4x more bugs, while high-quality reviews (though 38% slower) reduce bugs by 61% compared to low-quality ones. Top-performing teams (90th percentile) achieve both speed and quality by being selective about when reviews are needed.