Code Review Checklist

Fast, focused checklist for reviewing code changes. Designed to complete in <5 minutes for typical PRs.

Review Mindset

Before reviewing, adopt the right lens:

The Ousterhout Question: Does this change fight complexity or add to it?

• Hunt for shallow modules (interface ≈ implementation)
• Hunt for information leakage
• Hunt for generic names (Manager, Helper, Util, Handler)
• Hunt for pass-through methods

The Torvalds Standard: "The most important thing is to not make the code worse."

• Good code handles all cases uniformly
• Eliminate edge cases through better abstractions
• If nesting is deep, the structure is wrong