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How One CTO Uses Code Reviews to Find Org Design Problems
In this episode of Tech Leadership, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising diagnostic tool for organizational design: the code review. Drawing on a real case from a 200-engineer company that was struggling with slow feature velocity, Lucas explains how a new CTO analyzed pull request patterns to uncover hidden team coupling, misaligned incentives, and unclear ownership. They walk through specific signals—like excessive reviewers per PR, recurring nitpick comments, and PRs that sit idle for days—and what each reveals about team structure. Luna pushes back on the idea that code review is a…
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