--- title: Kill the code review theater, keep the review | daily.dev description: Code review has become a performative ritual in many teams - rubber-stamp approvals, nitpicking over trivial style issues, and reviews that happen too late to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kill-the-code-review-theater-keep-the-review-o7jtexs5q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kill the code review theater, keep the review | daily.dev og:description: Code review has become a performative ritual in many teams - rubber-stamp approvals, nitpicking over trivial style issues, and reviews that happen too late to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kill-the-code-review-theater-keep-the-review-o7jtexs5q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/o7JTEXS5Q.png og:image:alt: Kill the code review theater, keep the 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. # Kill the code review theater, keep the review **[Antonija Bilić Arar](https://daily.dev/sources/ufvojapqsnbhu2ytg8ses)** · [@tonkkatonka](https://daily.dev/tonkkatonka) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Code review has become a performative ritual in many teams - rubber-stamp approvals, nitpicking over trivial style issues, and reviews that happen too late to meaningfully shape design decisions. The piece argues for restoring the actual purpose of review: catching real design and logic issues early, fostering genuine knowledge sharing, and giving reviewers the time and authority to push back meaningfully instead of just checking a box to unblock a merge. ## Content [https://thenewstack.io/kill-code-review-theater/](https://thenewstack.io/kill-code-review-theater/)  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Keeping Code Reviews From Dragging](https://daily.dev/posts/keeping-code-reviews-from-dragging-demds2sv4) · Sandor Dargo · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [The code review bug hunt is dead. 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