Say you’re an up-and-coming developer—in a startup, perhaps—on the cusp of launching a revolutionary new product that’s going to change the world.
Or you’re a seasoned player in the coding business who has just inherited a piece of legacy code and needs to work with it.
Or maybe you’re a successful investor looking to exercise due diligence before making the risky decision of funding a software-reliant service.
Any of these situations comes with all kinds of baggage and can easily put a considerable strain on your resources. It’s easy to imagine those resources are stretched thin as it is, with all the other things requiring your attention.
It is then completely reasonable for you to experience some degree of negative sensations concerning the quality of your product.
Anxiety. Pressure. Restlessness.
After all, code is where it all begins; it’s the backbone of your project. Without it, the whole thing would fall apart, and if it’s weak or not good enough, so will the rest of your service be.
Knowing what’s at stake, you may find certain thoughts or questions hard to shake:
“Is this code okay?” “How can I be sure?” “What can I do to improve it?”
If you’re filled with suspicion, doubt, or fear—you’re not wrong. You deserve clarity and confidence to believe in what you’re offering before others do. You don’t want a house built on sand; you want to start off right, know where you stand, sleep sound at night.
The bottom line is this: you have some code. You want to be certain it’s good. And not just good, but great—the highest quality possible. What should you do?
The answer is simple: code review.