Why Write Small Diffs - by Ryan Peterman

5 Reasons

Why Write Small Diffs 5 Reasons Ryan Peterman Feb 09, 2024 74 12 Share 👋 Hi, this is Ryan with this week’s newsletter. I write about software engineering, big tech/startups, and career growth. Thank you for your readership, we hit 48,000 readers this week 🙏 🎉 This week, I wrote about why small diffs are best. If you find the post helpful, please share it with your friends and coworkers. Enjoy! Note: “diffs” == “code changes” == “PRs” After writing over 1000 diffs, I prefer smaller ones. Often there’s wisdom in what you naturally tend towards over time. This preference developed after lots o

related reading

• Mistakes I see engineers making in their code reviewsseangoedecke.com
• The ideal PR is 50 lines longgraphite.dev
• Unified Versus Split Diffmatklad.github.io
• A Bunch of Programming Advice I'd Give To Myself 15 Years Ago | Marcus' Blogmbuffett.com
• rams - Expert Design Reviews on Every PRrams.ai
• The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code – Joel on Softwarejoelonsoftware.com
• Compare · Surfer-Org/Old-Protocol · GitHubgithub.com
• The Myers diff algorithm: part 1 – The If Worksblog.jcoglan.com
• Introducing FrontierCode | Cognitioncognition.ai
• How to Make Your Code Reviewer Fall in Love with You · mtlynch.iomtlynch.io
• The comprehensive guide to writing the best PR title of all timegraphite.dev
• GitHub - conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog: Generate changelogs and release notes from a project's commit messages and metadata. · GitHubgithub.com