# Nitpicky Code Reviews Are a Drag

DevFeed: [Nitpicky Code Reviews Are a Drag](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nitpicky-code-reviews-are-a-drag-25813.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.steveonstuff.com/2022/02/09/nitpicky-code-reviews-are-are-drag>)

Author: Steve Barnegren

Published: 2022-02-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Steve Barnegren](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/steve-barnegren.md>)

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

Tags: [also](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/also.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [code-quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-quality.md>), [code-reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-reviews.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reviews.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion argues that code reviews should prioritize bugs, architectural improvements, and complexity reduction over harmless stylistic preferences. Excessive focus on conformity can create review noise without changing how the code works.

## Source excerpt

Programmers can be a pedantic bunch. We like everything to be consistent. Uniform. Organised. Just so.