LGTM: Strategies for Successful Code Review :: Andy Snell

It's easy to tell when peer code review fails: a minor one line change is blocked with a dozen comments; a massive pull request with hundreds of files is approved with just "LGTM"; a critical requirement is missed; a production-breaking bug slips through; your reviewer is being a pedantic jerk; the reviewee thinks *you* are a pedantic jerk. Giving good code reviews is a skill just as creating good code and writing good tests: it takes practice. This talk will mostly skip over the theory and various reasons why you should be doing peer code reviews. Many companies don't have a choice: code review is required explicitly or implicitly (as a standard secure coding practice) by many compliance frameworks, like SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS and GDPR. What we will cover are practical, real-world strategies for successfully reviewing code, including: - How to think through the code while reviewing it and finding issues - When to approve versus when to block a pull request - Writing review comments without being a jerk - Pair peer code reviews versus traditional peer code reviews - How to make the review process beneficial to both the reviewer and reviewee - What parts of code review can be outsourced to code quality and AI review tooling - How to review code in an unfamiliar language (e.g. Python, Rust, or Go)

The Command-Line for Beginners: An Introvert's Guide to Crawling into Your Shell :: Eric Poe

For many developers, the terminal remains an intimidating black box — powerful, but mysterious. This talk is a gentle introduction to the command-line interface, tailored for those who prefer quiet mastery over noisy GUIs. We'll explore how the shell can become your most trusted companion in development, unlocking speed, precision, and automation across Linux, macOS, and even Windows. Whether you're deploying code, managing servers, or just trying to simplify your workflow, you'll leave with practical tools and a newfound confidence to crawl into your shell — and thrive there.