# How to make pull requests easier and faster to review

DevFeed: [How to make pull requests easier and faster to review](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gaming-the-pull-request-review-system-28708.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2023/06/26/prs-and-commits/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2023-06-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>)

Tags: [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [commit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commit.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [pullrequest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pullrequest.md>), [reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reviews.md>)

## AI overview

The article recommends making pull requests small, well described, visually supported, and self-reviewed to speed up reviews, reduce rework, and improve feedback. It also discusses applying similar principles to commit messages, while noting that squashing commits may shift the author's focus to pull requests.

## Source excerpt

As developers, we love to build cool things and ship them as fast as reasonably possible. And to get that done, here are a few things you can do to "game the system".