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Discussion on: Share your experience with feelings of embarrassment during code reviews

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Lynne Finnigan

Something I feel is important, especially when reviewing for junior devs, is to leave nice comments too. For example, comment on something they did well. It doesn't need to necessarily be pointing out all of their mistakes, some positive comments would go a long way. And when leaving criticism, don't make it personal ("you should have done this..." etc.), instead of the word "you", be careful with the language and say something like "I think this could be done differently", or "a better approach to this could be..."

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Edwin Klesman

this is wat build people up and teaches them 🙌🏻