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I checked whether well-known dev tools companies actually require code review before merging to main. Most don't (codatus.com)

submitted 1 day ago by peternovakdev@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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I scanned the public repos of 128 YC-backed dev tools companies, 6,195 repos in total. I expected the companies building our tooling to enforce the basics on themselves. Only 2 of the 128 require any status check to pass before merging.

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[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 4 points 12 hours ago

I suspect many don't enforce it via GitHub functionality, but do implicitly require or recommend reviews.

How many contributors do these projects have? All multiple active?

[-] peternovakdev@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

Don’t have data to answer that, but it’s a very good question. Weighting it by the number of contributors would make the data more honest, and probably more interesting. Will consider a follow-up based on this angle - thanks!

this post was submitted on 30 May 2026

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