Many of us write opensource code in a void: nobody ever looks at it, uses it nor reviews it. We are the only users and authors.

In order to improve, where can we get our code reviewed? I don’t mean professionally, just from like-minded individuals.

    • kassuro@feddit.de
      6·
      10 months ago

      Would love something like this, but it’s very hard to get such a community working. Most of the time there will be way more people wanting a review of their code than people wanting to put in the work and review something.

      Maybe some kind of point system could work. Like one needs to review at least two times before you can get your work reviewed.

      • lhamil64@programming.dev
        4·
        10 months ago

        One issue I can see with the points system is that people could just approve it with a “Looks good to me!” without even looking at the code. Or just looking at a small portion of the code.

        • coloredgrayscale@programming.dev
          4·
          10 months ago

          Also bike shedding. Simple stuff may get many people willing to review / argue about how you should have used A over B, or even C

          Big / complicated projects - forget it. Especially if if they would need major refactoring.

          • kassuro@feddit.de
            1·
            10 months ago

            But who decides that? If the person who requested it can do this, you only need a friend to abuse the system and give each other a few extra points.

            Maybe a open point history could help with this and users moderate themselves with this.