The Death of the “LGTM” Pull Request: Why Brutal Honesty is the Best Debugger
The silent assassin of every codebase isn’t a hacker; it’s social friction. Let’s be real, nobody *wants* to be the office “mean girl”…
The Death of the “LGTM” Pull Request: Why Brutal Honesty is the Best Debugger

The silent assassin of every codebase isn’t a hacker; it’s social friction. Let’s be real, nobody wants to be the office “mean girl” blocking a pull request because a function is slightly more convoluted than a tax form. So, those little anti-patterns? They don’t just slip through; they waltz in, pop their feet up, and make themselves at home.
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