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Slaying Dragon Code Reviews

ID: 1be8289b-5eff-5e64-a73f-07210928d821

STIX ID: report--1be8289b-5eff-5e64-a73f-07210928d821

Feed Name: HackerOne Blog

Date Published: 2020-12-29

Date Updated: 2026-06-12

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**Executive Summary:** This blog post offers pragmatic strategies for managing large, intimidating pull requests—dubbed "dragon" code reviews—by recommending tactics such as blocking focused review time, committing to deadlines, verifying whether a PR truly requires deep review, dividing the review into smaller chunks, requesting context from authors or reviewing in person, establishing fair team review processes, and considering external code-review services.

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