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by leekh 3565 days ago
Having a standards guide or a robo-linters should remove a large chunk of it. Deferring to a document is much easier then arguing.
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The nit picking I refer to is not about arguing, once a non-standard piece of code is pointed out, the reviewee usually agrees to correct the issue. I refer to the fact that the reviewers will look at the leaves in the tree and not notice the burning inferno and smoke up ahead in the forest...
I found the only thing that helps is having a strong team lead who identifies this and has the authority to nudge people back on track.