#codereview Development Tutorials & Tips | Roast Dev

Have you ever wondered when to use $this->app->environment() and app()->environment() in Laravel?

Here I would like to show you when to use it properly and be headless. Just remember. Hope it could make your decisions stronger....

11.03.2025 0 Read More

The code review chaos we faced with GitLab (and what we tried to fix it)

I've worked in several agile teams as both a developer and lead developer. One particular project sticks in my mind — a team of ten people, dozens of microservices, and a lot of GitLab repositories ...

05.05.2025 0 Read More

Benchmarking Code Reviews: Kody vs. Raw LLMs (GPT & Claude)

Introduction AI-powered IDEs blew up this past year—suddenly, every dev’s got a little robot sidekick.But hey, coding is the fun part.Code reviews? Not so much.That’s where we started w...

13.03.2025 0 Read More

What to Prioritize in a Code Review

If you've ever been part of a code review, you know the experience can be either great or incredibly frustrating. In an ideal scenario, it's a process that improves code quality, accelerates team lear...

14.03.2025 0 Read More

How to review Code better with VS Code

To review code in GitHub using VS Code, install the "GitHub Pull Requests and Issues" extension, sign in, and then navigate to the pull request in the VS Code activity bar to view changes, add comment...

20.03.2025 0 Read More

How to build a strong code review culture

Code review isn’t just about catching bugs. It’s not just about keeping code quality high. A good code review culture is about how a team learns together. How it grows, improves collective quality...

28.03.2025 0 Read More

Code Review Checklist

Everyone’s been there: you open a huge PR, try to figure out what changed, drop some basic comments… and just hope you didn’t miss anything critical. Without a code review checklist, the whole t...

01.04.2025 0 Read More

9 Best Practices for Code Reviews

Anyone who does code reviews knows it’s not just about reviewing code and hunting for bugs. The real challenge is balancing efficiency and quality while keeping the team’s workflow smooth and prod...

03.04.2025 0 Read More

Manual Code Review vs Automated: What Really Works?

If you've ever been stuck waiting for a PR to be reviewed, received vague feedback, or—worse—been trapped in endless review loops, you know that code review can be a massive bottleneck. On paper, ...

04.04.2025 0 Read More

Code Review Best Practices

Code reviews are a crucial part of writing great software. They help maintain code quality, catch bugs early, and improve collaboration. But if done poorly, they can be frustrating, time-consuming, an...

07.04.2025 0 Read More