What Poetry Workshops Teach Us about Code Review

Explore how poetry workshops can revolutionize code review practices in this 38-minute conference talk. Discover strategies from creative writing that can be applied to software development, making code reviews more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. Learn how to shift from a top-down, didactic approach to a collaborative model that enhances team communication, understanding of the codebase, and overall work satisfaction. Gain insights into creating shared mental models, empowering team members, catching defects, developing a common language, and overcoming obstacles in the code review process. Delve into the speaker's personal experiences and the evolution of collaborative development practices to transform your team's approach to code quality and cohesion.

Intro
About Andrew
Poetry Residency
Feedback
Relationship with Software Development
The Old Way
The New Way
My First Developer Job
Collaborative Development
Implicit Goal
Mental Model
Sharing Power
Catching Defects
Shared Language
Prefer Smaller Changes
Obstacles to Code Review
Audit
Conclusion