--- title: [2208.04259] First Come First Served: The Impact of File... description: The relative position in which files are presented in code reviews has an impact on the outcome. Files shown earlier receive more comments and participants... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2208-04259-first-come-first-served-the-impact-of-file-position-on-code-review-yvp0cg3lq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [2208.04259] First Come First Served: The Impact of File Position on Code Review | daily.dev og:description: The relative position in which files are presented in code reviews has an impact on the outcome. Files shown earlier receive more comments and participants... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2208-04259-first-come-first-served-the-impact-of-file-position-on-code-review-yvp0cg3lq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YVp0Cg3lQ.png og:image:alt: [2208.04259] First Come First Served: The Impact of File Position on Code Review og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # [2208.04259] First Come First Served: The Impact of File Position on Code Review **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 1 min read · 5 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The relative position in which files are presented in code reviews has an impact on the outcome. Files shown earlier receive more comments and participants have lower odds of identifying defects when the file is presented last. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@axelerated** · 0 upvotes > Nice! Been wondering about metrics like this, and how to go about getting them. Now, the findings in this would be _really_ interesting if it wasn’t just limited to Java repositories, and 138 repositories still seems like a relatively small sample size. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2208-04259-first-come-first-served-the-impact-of-file-position-on-code-review-yvp0cg3lq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"[2208.04259] First Come First Served: The Impact of File Position on Code Review","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2208-04259-first-come-first-served-the-impact-of-file-position-on-code-review-yvp0cg3lq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/2208-04259-first-come-first-served-the-impact-of-file-position-on-code-review-yvp0cg3lq"},"datePublished":"2024-04-22T23:17:44.511Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:13:33.132Z","description":"The relative position in which files are presented in code reviews has an impact on the outcome. 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