Effective Code Reviews with Conventional Comments • Paul Slaughter & Adrienne Braganza

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Paul Slaughter - Staff Fullstack Engineer at GitLab & Creator of Conventional Comments
Adrienne Braganza Tacke - Senior Developer Advocate at Viam Robotics & Author of "Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews"
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Paul
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennetacke
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https://www.adrienne.io
https://blog.adrienne.io

Links
https://conventionalcomments.org

DESCRIPTION
Can "Conventional Comments" transform code reviews from frustrating experiences into productive collaborations?
Paul Slaughter shares his experience developing and practicing "Conventional Comments", a structured approach to improving code review communications through labeled feedback. The conversation explores clear communication patterns with labels (e.g. 'suggestion:', 'issue:' or 'question:').
Paul and Adrienne discuss the importance of empathy in the review process, the balance between politeness and efficiency, and how GitLab's Code Review Weekly Workshops have helped normalize review experiences across their remote teams. The interview highlights that effective code reviews depend not just on technical e

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Conventional Comments: Origins & structure (00:02:02)

3. The most common labels & their uses (00:09:32)

4. Navigating disagreements in code reviews (00:13:41)

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6. (Cont.) The most common labels & their uses (00:14:16)

7. Code review culture & communication (00:18:45)

8. [Ad] Canada Now (00:24:27)

9. (Cont.) Code review culture & communication (00:25:05)

10. Code review weekly workshops & team learning (00:28:37)

11. Outro (00:37:23)

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