Add one question to PR walkthroughs: "What did you almost build instead?"
HaktanSuren · x · 2026-09-06
The author proposes adding a standing question to PR walkthroughs: "What did you almost build instead?"
A diff only shows the chosen change and hides the options that were ruled out. Letting junior engineers hear that part — which approaches were considered and why they were rejected — teaches design tradeoffs, not just the final result.
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