If you want mandatory code review to really suck, make it slow. Power games aside, one of the most frustrating aspects of code review is how long it takes and how many context switches it involves. There are two main things that contribute to this: how long it takes for the reviewers to react to new and updated pull requests (PRs). how many rounds of review are needed In my experience in a 2-5 person team, if everybody is willing to dedicate some time for reviews every day, the wait for revie...