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about a year ago I shared this on /r/AskProgramming:

"...a Pull Request is a delivery. It's like UPS standing at your door with a package. You think, "Nice, the feature, bugfix, etc has arrived! And because it's a delivery, it's also an inspection. A Code Review. Like a freight delivery with a manifest and signoff. So you have to be able to conduct the inspection: to understand what you're receiving and evaluate if it's acceptable as-is. Like signing for a package, once you approve, the code is yours and your team's to keep."

The metaphor has limits. IRL I sign immediately and resolve issues post-hoc with customer service. The UPS guy is not going to stand on my porch while I check if there's actually a bootable MacBook in the box. The vast majority of the time, there's no issue. If that were the same with code, teams could adopt a similar "trust now and defer verification" approach.

The article has a section on Modularity but never defines it. I wrote a post a few weeks ago on modularity and LLMs which does provide a definition. [1].

[1] https://www.slater.dev/2026/02/relieve-your-context-anxiety-...