We desperately need a new approach for reviewing PRs. Modern software engineering is resulting in a surplus of PRs and the tools available aren't quite hitting the mark.
It's not just that the code needs reviewing, the queue needs managing, the PRs themselves need to be smaller and stacked. Graphite seems closest to solving this... but yet still something is missing.
Looking forward to seeing more innovation in this space in 2026.
"You can have 5 years of experience or the same experience repeated 5 times" - this always hits home because I was in this situation for a long time.
I was sitting comfortably in my comfort zone, doing the things I was already familiar with. So, I stayed at the same level for a long time.
One of the things that kept me from progressing was always thinking that I needed to learn more before I could build advanced apps. I was going from course to course, trying to learn more and more. But I never felt ready.
The paradox is that I still didn't improve my skills, although I was "learning" non-stop.
That changed when I got tired of my own shit and said: "screw it, I'll try to build complex apps even if I write shitty code". It's impossible to improve my code if I don't write it in the first place.
Since then, I've been comfortable with being uncomfortable. I've challenged myself constantly, and as a result, my skills have kept improving.
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