The Evolution of Code Review: From Bug-Finding to Team Building

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In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Greg Foster about the evolution and purpose of code reviews, building teams with kindness, expertise, and urgency, and how AI tools are changing software development.
Read a transcript of this interview: http://bit.ly/42bhTBN
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