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Two years in Review: 2021 and 2020

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:29:25 +0000

Let's reflect on the last two years where I started my on-site code review workshops business - as a mother of two little ones right at the start of a global pandemic:

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Security Code Review Checklist to find Security Vulnerabilities

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:46:00 +0000

Security code review checklists can help developers focus on security vulnerability and privacy issues. A security-focused mindset is important, as

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Build your own “intelligent” code review reminder

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:30:24 +0000

In this post, I show you how the intelligent code review reminder Microsoft Nudge works, so that you can build or enhance your own and speed up code review completion time by 60%.

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Measuring Code Review Quality through PR Rejections

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:46:30 +0000

Today, I watched a new YouTube video* of someone arguing that you should measure code review quality, i.e., how good

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How to successfully blog as a developer in 2020

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:38:58 +0000

In this post, I show you what I learned over the last 1,5 years about blogging. In those 1,5 years, I transitioned from a researcher and software engineering position at Microsoft to running an independent consultant and training business.

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Stacked pull requests: make code reviews faster, easier, and more effective

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:22:11 +0000

In this blog post, I will show you a technique, also referred to as stacked pull requests. This technique helps engineers split code changes into smaller and more coherent pieces. In return, reviewers have an easier time understanding the code under change, and therefore give better feedback in a shorter time.

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Better code quality with effective collaboration and code review

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:22:06 +0000

This coming Friday, I will talk at a GitLab hosted virtual events about effective collaborations through code reviews. I’m super

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Resolving Code Review Conflicts Using Non-Violent Communication

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:09:34 +0000

In this post, I show you how you can resolve conflict the by using nonviolent communication methodology. You will be able to find solutions to conflicts you thought will never be resolved.

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How much Quality should we Expect from Software?

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:34:51 +0000

Earlier this week, Medtronics bragged about one of their flagship products, a ventilator. Apparently, it depends on over one million lines

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Pandemic Remote Work Isn’t Remote Work

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:54:12 +0000

Have you switched to remote work in the past couple of weeks/days? Well, chances are high you have, or you will.

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How to Give Respectful and Constructive Code Review Feedback

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:26:30 +0000

The basis for a fruitful and positive collaboration is respectful and constructive feedback. In this article, I show you 10 actionable tips that help get your code review feedback across in an empathic and compassionate way.

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Test Suite Comprehension for Modular and Dynamic Systems

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 14:42:32 +0000

Test suite comprehension became more difficult over the last decade as test suites have grown substantially. Especially for modular and

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How to Agree on a Coding Standard

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:19:30 +0000

Agreeing on a coding standard, and on best practices isn’t easy. Still, if you manage to agree on a coding

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Developing Conflict Competence

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:09:41 +0000

Recently, I interviewed a very kind and honest person – Suz Hinton. And in this interview, she shared with me

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The Code Review Quadrant

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:48:44 +0000

Learn which type of code review your team practices in order to understand which measurements are needed to get to fast and effective code reviews, so called power reviews.

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Don’t Teach during Code Reviews

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:38:45 +0000

In this post, I'll show you a common pitfall you should avoid when teaching during code reviews.

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How to handle criticism during code reviews

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:45:24 +0000

Criticism during code reviews is difficult to listen to with an open mind. Learn how to better handle code review feedback that challenges your beliefs.

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How to build your Own Analytics Platform for Engineering Data

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:51:44 +0000

Today, I show you how you can build an analytics platform to analyze your engineering data. Now you might wonder why you would like to even build an engineering data platform, and maybe even what that is. Let me start with an example: Automated tests.

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Analyzing Software Engineering Data

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:23:26 +0000

We are surrounded by data. Often, when we think about data-driven decisions, we think about analyzing data for sales or marketing purposes, or big data in the health-care field. But, have you ever thought about leveraging your engineering data?

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A Code Review Checklist – Focus on these 10 Important Topics

Dr. Michaela Greiler — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:13:59 +0000

A code review checklist, as well as clear rules and guidelines around code reviews, can make your code review practice so much more beneficial to your team and significantly speed-up code review times. So make sure you focus on the essentials with this code review checklist!

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