Sandya Sankarram recently tweeted out this nice list of behaviors to avoid in code reviews:
Behaviors to avoid in code reviews:
– stating opinion as fact
– avalanche of comments
– asking devs to fix problems they didn’t cause
– judgemental questions
– sarcasm@sandyaaaas #AlterConf pic.twitter.com/LX1AeG4JOk— Rachel Thomas (@math_rachel) December 10, 2017
In an accompanying blogpost she goes deeper into this list. Worth a read, as being polite comes at no cost: Unlearning Toxic Behaviors in a Code Review Culture →