---
title: "Your GitHub pull request workflow is slowing everyone down"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-github-pull-request-workflow-is-slowing-everyone-down-rts5rg0n0
source_url: https://graphite.dev/blog/your-github-pr-workflow-is-slow
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-12-06T05:57:14.902Z
updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z
tags: ["github", "code-review"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 39
comments: 5
language: en
---

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# Your GitHub pull request workflow is slowing everyone down

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 10 min read · 39 upvotes · 5 comments

## Summary

The article discusses the challenges of traditional GitHub pull request workflows, such as large PRs, slow reviews, and reduced code quality. It introduces the concept of stacking, which involves breaking down large features into small, dependent pull requests to improve productivity, review cycles, bug fixes, and integration. The stacking workflow is explained step-by-step, and the benefits of using the Graphite tool for automating the process are highlighted.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://graphite.dev/blog/your-github-pr-workflow-is-slow>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ghost** · 1 upvotes

> I wish I could upvote it twice.

**@khanhtran0209** · 1 upvotes

> Nice post, keep it up

**@neener54** · 0 upvotes

> This approach doesn't solve the problem it just masks it with additional complexity. I've worked with this kind of flow and it will ruin your productivity.

**@fin488** · 0 upvotes

> Who is responsible of the job of dividing the job into small "stacks"?

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