Peer Review

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. Evaluation of work by colleagues with relevant expertise before it is accepted, published, or shipped. In software teams, peer review commonly means code review, but the concept also applies to design docs, incidents, and architecture decisions.

    In plain English: Having coworkers with similar expertise review your work before it moves forward.

    Example: "The migration plan improved a lot once it went through peer review instead of staying in one person’s doc."

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