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GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechEffective Code Reviews with Conventional Comments • Paul Slaughter & Adrienne BraganzaThis interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview herePaul Slaughter - Staff Fullstack Engineer at GitLab & Creator of Conventional CommentsAdrienne Braganza Tacke - Senior Developer Advocate at Viam Robotics & Author of "Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews"RESOURCESPaulhttps://x.com/souldzinhttps://github.com/souldzinhttps://gitlab.com/pslaughterhttps://gitlab.com/souldzinhttps://souldzin.comAdriennehttps://bsky.app/profile/abt...
2025-09-0539 minGOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechReading Code Effectively: An Overlooked Developer Skill • Marit van Dijk & Hannes LowetteThis interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereMarit van Dijk - Developer Advocate at JetBrains, Java Champion & Open Source ContributorHannes Lowette - Principal Consultant at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey LoverRESOURCESMarithttps://bsky.app/profile/maritvandijk.bsky.socialhttps://linkedin.com/in/maritvandijkhttps://github.com/mlvandijkhttps://medium.com/@mlvandijkhttps://maritvandijk.comHanneshttps://bsky.app/profile/hanneslowette.net...
2025-08-1233 minGOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechSmall Pull Requests, Big Impact: The Art of Code Reviews • Adrienne Braganza Tacke & Sasa JuricThis interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereAdrienne Braganza Tacke - Senior Developer Advocate at Viam Robotics & Author of "Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews"Saša Jurić - Author of "Elixir in Action" & The Ultimate Beacon in the Elixir SpaceRESOURCESAdriennehttps://bsky.app/profile/abt.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/AdrienneTackehttps://github.com/AdrienneTackehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennetackehttps://www.instagram.com/adriennetacke
2025-07-1842 min
The Shortcu.tt PodcastCode Reviews that don't hurt with Adrienne Braganza Tacke | The Shortcu.tt podcastIn this episode, we’re joined by Adrienne Braganza Tacke — software engineer, author of “Looks Good To Me”, and developer advocate at Viam. From her inspiring journey into tech, to demystifying the code review process and building team empathy, Adrienne shares the hard truths on how we can make code reviews faster, kinder, and more effective.We talk about her triple-R feedback pattern, cultural differences in feedback, and why your team needs a living working agreement.This episode is a must for engineering leaders, team leads, and developers navigating feedback fatigue or aiming to build a dev culture where everyone...
2025-04-2854 min
Azure & DevOps PodcastAdrienne Braganza Tacke: Code Review Patterns & Principles - Episode 347Adrienne Braganza Tacke is an accomplished author and software engineer with a passion for educating others about software development. Choosing a path distinct from the expected trajectory of nursing, she pursued a degree in management information systems at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Over the course of nearly eight years in the field, she has contributed her expertise across multiple industries, including healthcare and higher education. Currently, she serves as a software development engineer at DebtTrader, where she embraces the challenge of modernizing fintech workflows traditionally dependent on spreadsheets. Beyond her professional work, Adrienne i...
2025-04-2839 min
Flying High with FlutterCode Review Best Practices: Lessons from 'Looks Good to Me' Author Adrienne TackeJoin Allen Wyma and Adrienne Braganza Tacke, author of Looks Good to Me, to explore how to make code reviews meaningful, productive, and team-building. Learn tips to avoid common pitfalls, use AI for reviews, and create team working agreements!📚 Get 45% off Adrienne's book!Use code FHWFbraganza at https://mng.bz/6eKo⏱️ Timecodes:0:00 - Intro to Adrienne & her journey3:08 - Why code reviews matter8:06 - Common code review pitfalls14:09 - Avoiding “rubber-stamping” PRs19:08 - Pair/mob programming vs. code review...
2025-04-2450 min
Thinking Elixir Podcast244: Running Python in Elixir?News includes the release of Elixir 1.18.2 with various enhancements and bug fixes, a new experimental SQL sigil for Ecto that brings automatic parameterized queries, a recent GOTO 2025 talk featuring Saša Jurić on code reviews. We talked with Jonatan Kłosko about his work on PythonX, a new library for executing Python code inside Elixir, the Fine library for working with C++ NIFs, and much more!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244
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2025-03-1158 minGOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechLearning Microsoft Azure • Jonah Andersson & Håkan SilfvernagelThis interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereJonah Andersson - Senior Azure Consultant at Solidify & Author of "Learning Microsoft Azure"Håkan Silfvernagel - Senior AI Architect at Sopra Steria & Microsoft AI MVPRESOURCESJonahhttps://x.com/cjkodarehttps://medium.com/@jonah.anderssonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahanderssonhttps://github.com/jonahanderssonhttps://jonahandersson.techHåkanhttps://x.com/agrevlisht...
2025-02-1438 minGOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech"Looks Good to Me" Constructive Code Reviews • Adrienne Braganza Tacke & Paul SlaughterThis interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereAdrienne Braganza Tacke - Senior Developer Advocate at Cisco & Author of "Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews"Paul Slaughter - Staff Fullstack Engineer at GitLab & Creator of Conventional CommentsRESOURCESAdriennehttps://x.com/AdrienneTackehttps://github.com/AdrienneTackehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennetackehttps://www.instagram.com/adriennetackehttps://www.adrienne.iohttps://blog.adrienne.io
2025-01-3153 min
EmbeddedTwo Slices of Complimentary BreadAdrienne Braganza Tacke spoke with us about her book Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews. It is about how to make code reviews more useful, effective, and congenial. Adrienne's book is available now as an ebook at manning.com or a paper copy later in the year (Amazon link). Check out the example Team Working Agreement from Appendix A. Adrienne's personal website is adrienne.io. Transcript
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EmbeddedTwo Slices of Complimentary BreadAndrienne Braganza Tacke spoke with us about her book Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews. It is about how to make code reviews more useful, effective, and congenial. Adrienne’s book is available now as an ebook at manning.com or a paper copy later in the year (Amazon link). Check out the example Team Working Agreement from Appendix A.Adrienne’s personal website is adrienne.io.Transcript
2024-10-311h 10
The New Stack PodcastHow to Find Success with Code ReviewsCode reviews can be highly beneficial but tricky to execute well due to the human factors involved, says Adrienne Braganza Tacke, author of *Looks Good to Me: Actionable Advice for Constructive Code Review.* In a recent conversation with *The New Stack*, Tacke identified three challenges teams must address for successful code reviews: ambiguity, subjectivity, and ego.Ambiguity arises when the goals or expectations for the code are unclear, leading to miscommunication and rework. Tacke emphasizes the need for clarity and explicit communication throughout the review process. Subjectivity, the second challenge, can derail reviews when personal preferences overshadow...
2024-09-1934 min
Changelog Master FeedTake a look, it's in a book (JS Party #314)Nick delves into the intricacies of technical book writing with authors Adrienne Braganza Tacke and Dylan Hildenbrand. We talk about the process of working with a publisher, coming up with an outline, actually writing the book, and everything that comes after the book is finished.
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2024-02-2956 minJS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web DevelopmentTake a look, it's in a bookNick delves into the intricacies of technical book writing with authors Adrienne Braganza Tacke and Dylan Hildenbrand. We talk about the process of working with a publisher, coming up with an outline, actually writing the book, and everything that comes after the book is finished.
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API The Docs PodcastBuilding empathy with a beginner’s mindset - Discussion with Adrienne Braganza TackeAdopting a beginner’s mindset allows you to explore familiar concepts through a lens of curiosity and openness. But how does that translate to documentation? In this episode, Adrienne Braganza Tacke (Sr. Developer Advocate & DevNet Community Programs Lead at Cisco) explains the unexpected benefits of writing with newcomers in mind and how it can take documentation to the next level.
2024-01-1849 min
The Work Item - Real Talk on Tech's Toughest Career Choices#63 - Beyond Just Engineering Skills, with Adrienne Braganza Tacke
In this episode, I am talking to Adrienne Tacke, an author, engineer, and teacher. We discuss the intentionality in one's career trajectory, approaches to mentorship, and best ways to grow a combination of skills beyond technical acumen.
You can find Adrienne on the following sites:
📝 Blog
🏢 LinkedIn
📕 Book - Looks Good To Me
⚡ LinkedIn Course - Learning Azure Durable Functions
The podcast was produced by Den Delimarsky. Music by Wataboi from Pixabay.
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2023-11-0845 min
HashiCastEpisode 39 - Adrienne Braganza Tacke, CiscoThis episode features Adrienne Braganza Tacke, author of “Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews” and developer advocate at Cisco.
Join us as we discuss ways you can improve your code reviews, align on team objectives for review, what parts of review you should automate, and which pastries reflect our personalities.
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2023-08-1549 min