--- title: A Simple Checklist for a Good Code Review | daily.dev description: A simple checklist to help you do a good code review. Filipe Good explains why he likes code reviews and why he thinks they are important. The checklist: Do... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-simple-checklist-for-a-good-code-review-n6j9thg6y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Simple Checklist for a Good Code Review | daily.dev og:description: A simple checklist to help you do a good code review. Filipe Good explains why he likes code reviews and why he thinks they are important. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@esalcido** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for this checklist !!! **@groundhogdad** · 0 upvotes > Some great ideas definitely using this for my own code reviews. Thanks for posting. ## 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 - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-simple-checklist-for-a-good-code-review-n6j9thg6y) ```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":"A Simple Checklist for a Good Code Review","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-simple-checklist-for-a-good-code-review-n6j9thg6y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-simple-checklist-for-a-good-code-review-n6j9thg6y"},"datePublished":"2021-02-22T20:36:31.852Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"A simple checklist to help you do a good code review. 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Thanks for posting.","datePublished":"2021-02-23T06:23:02.827Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/n6J9tHg6Y#c-iyy56_ARl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Nicol","url":"https://daily.dev/groundhogdad","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/73398306?v=4"}}]} ```