Having used Claude Code extensively for the last few months, I still haven't rea...

risyachka · 2025-08-02T19:03:02 1754161382

>> Review the code that comes out. It goes a long way.

Sure, but if I do 5 reviews for a task - in 99% of cases it is net negative as it is faster to DIY it at that point. Harder for sure, but faster.

rane · 2025-08-02T19:23:10 1754162590

Maybe our brains are wired different but reading and reviewing code is way faster for me than writing it.

wredcoll · 2025-08-02T20:40:55 1754167255

There's very few objective ways to measure review 'performance'.

Coding is easy, it works or doesn't.

nosianu · 2025-08-03T10:28:25 1754216905

This ignores a bunch of higher level and long-term concepts like maintenance, complexity and extensibility.

With only "it works" you end up like this (iconic HN comment on Oracle codebase): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442637

wredcoll · 2025-08-03T17:24:02 1754241842

Yes, my point is that you don't even have "it compiles" as a way to measure a code review. Maybe you did a great job, maybe you did a terrible job, how do you tell?

pixl97 · 2025-08-02T21:02:54 1754168574

Or it works till it doesn't. There is a lot of code that will work until some condition is met.