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Why we picked it Written by a startup CTO, this is the clearest short piece on the exact shift you are facing: the moment it stops being just you pushing to prod and a second person is in the code with you. It resists the urge to bolt on heavy process, and instead names the few lightweight habits (small PRs, self-review first, fast turnaround) that actually pay off once a project moves from exploring to building for the long term. Treat it as a starting point for a review workflow you can set up in an afternoon, not a mandate.
Code Review for Startups
From Jake Spracher (startup CTO, ex-Apple) by Jake Spracher 8 to 10 min read
- Code review earns its cost once you stop exploring and start building something you intend to keep, which is usually right around your first real engineering hire.
- Keep pull requests small and self-review before you ask anyone else to look, since review effort grows fast with size and a tidy diff respects your one teammate's time.
- Agree on a turnaround (a business day at most) so review speeds up shipping instead of becoming the thing that blocks it.