Evidence

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"Code review discussions preserve information about how proposed changes relate to methods, variables, and surrounding system behavior."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Information Needs in Contemporary Code Review

Source authors Luca Pascarella, Davide Spadini, Fabio Palomba, Magiel Bruntink, Alberto Bacchelli

Source year 2018

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Online paper / PDF

"Code review is also a mechanism for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and coordinating decisions between software contributors."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Information Needs in Contemporary Code Review

Source authors Luca Pascarella, Davide Spadini, Fabio Palomba, Magiel Bruntink, Alberto Bacchelli

Source year 2018

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"Modern code review is generally a lightweight process focused on proposed code changes rather than exhaustive examination of an entire codebase."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Modern Code Review: A Case Study at Google

Source authors Caitlin Sadowski, Emma Söderberg, Luke Church, Michal Sipko, Alberto Bacchelli

Source year 2018

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"Many externally maintained dependency updates enter software projects without complete code-review coverage."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Are your dependencies code reviewed? Measuring code review coverage in dependency updates

Source authors Nasif Imtiaz, Laurie Williams

Source year 2022

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Developers can build software using substantial amounts of externally maintained code managed through established dependency mechanisms."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Managing software dependencies

Source authors Software engineering community, UK Government

Source year 2018

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"During software change tasks, developers often read only small portions of relevant code rather than inspecting an entire codebase."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Eye Gaze and Interaction Contexts for Change Tasks - Observations and Potential

Source authors Katja Kevic, Braden M. Walters, Timothy R. Shaffer, Bonita Sharif, David C. Shepherd, Thomas Fritz

Source year 2017

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"JavaScript running in the browser becomes part of the operational machinery that produces an interactive user experience."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title What is JavaScript?

Source authors MDN contributors

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"Screenplays are intermediate technical and creative artifacts used by actors, directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers to coordinate film production."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Production Roles

Source authors Film at Yale, Yale University

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"Researchers also found correlations between toxic GitHub commit messages and measured code-quality characteristics."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Analyzing the Correlation Between Toxic Comments and Code Quality

Source authors Jaime Sayago-Heredia, Gustavo Chango Sailema, Ricardo Pérez-Castillo, Mario Piattini

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance low

Format Online paper / PDF

"Researchers investigated correlations between profanity in source code and code quality, finding a positive statistical association in sampled C repositories."

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER Code as a Coordination Layer

Source title Is there a Correlation between the Use of Swearwords and Code Quality in Open Source Code?

Source authors Jan Strehmel

Source year 2023

Confidence high

Importance low