Code Reviews

Regular peer reviews are a must on small teams, enforcing consistency and building shared understanding of where changes are happening. Linters are useful for consistency and superficial problems but should not be treated as a complete safety net. A green pipeline does not prove that product intent, operational assumptions, or security assumptions are correct. Static tooling can miss race conditions, workflow edge cases, and security problems that only appear under specific runtime conditions. A solo developer without a peer reviewer becomes a single point of failure for codebase knowledge. At enterprise scale, any deviation from established standards accumulates into significant costs. At enterprise scale, rigorous code review processes must be supplemented by static analysis tools that enforce standards automatically. AI tools are appropriate for first-pass syntax, style, and mechanical review so senior engineers can focus on architecture and failure modes.