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It says PR comments benefit the reviewer in some way, and they're not always left to improve the code or to help the person who opened the PR. For example, if you work in a culture where being seen to leave PR comments is seen as positive regardless of the quality of them, or even that code review is a tracked metric that contributes to your performance review.

That culture will turn even the most conscientious dev into a monster.






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