Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Why Pull Requests Are A BAD IDEA" video.

It seems like you are saying the feedback is build and test of code. Playing devil's advocate, a branch can also be frequently tested and built. If you post CLs several times a day, you aren't going to get meaningful reviews. Are reviews better than tests? I would say yes, they are the difference between code degradation and improvement or at least maintaining code quality. I do admit that most big company reviews are not worth much. Its a game between programmers to basically catch clerical errors so that you can prove you actually did the review. But in defense of programmers, most reviews have little to do with code quality in terms of APIs and modularity.
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