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by opportune 1122 days ago
Almost every time I’ve reviewed a 1k+ LOC PR, even if it’s from a really experienced and good engineer, it has introduced a bug. Obviously I’m not gonna say it at work, but changes that big are too hard to properly review and consider all side effects and gotchas
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It's also more difficult to bisect to find the actual bug. Small commits have a lot of advantages.