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by nazbot 4057 days ago
I'm going to differ on the 'don't be a blocker' thing.

It varies by team. If your whole team agrees that the code reviewer is the 'gate' then people understand that they just need to fix the thing and move on. I personally love that style of working because you tend not to write trivial suggestions and everyone knows that what people have written isn't meant as nit-picky and just has to be changed.

If you don't think it's the right change then the other person can just ask why it's important and hopefully get educated. I also tend to just trust my colleagues enough that what they suggest is a good change. I often find I may miss small things through like lack of documentation or whatever (get tired after a while) and those reminders in the CR are the equivalent of a spotter getting you to do one last rep at the gym.