We often talk about the idea of “shifting-left” for testing code and security analysis to speed up development and reduce risks further on the sof

Code reviews need to shift-left

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2023-01-24 10:00:04

We often talk about the idea of “shifting-left” for testing code and security analysis to speed up development and reduce risks further on the software engineering lifecycle. Moving testing and security analysis and improvements as early on in the development process as possible help to catch issues early and cut down on rework — making everyone’s lives easier. But, testing and security analysis aren’t the only places that we should taking this approach — we also can shift more and more of the overall code review process further left.

Now, I’m not saying that we should abolish the idea of reviewing code in any way. There’s a reason code reviews have become an integral part of most development processes. They can be very helpful to:

Determine if new code is doing the right thing: At the end of the day we need to figure out if our new code is actually doing the right thing for our project or our business. If it’s not then the entire exercise around improving development efficiency is pretty irrelevant.

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