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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey there @allthingsopen.bsky.social attendees! Thanks for listening to my talk "Macaron or Macaroons? Let's build a real-time macaron detection robot"! Here are the slides to my talk: slides.com/adriennetack...

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

First time speaking at #AllThingsOpen and feedback like this makes me so happy 🥹 Thanks @linuxnerd.bsky.social!

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Who's attending @allthingsopen.bsky.social ? I'll be there giving a talk about robotics and computer vision AND I'll be signing and giving away copies of my book Looks Good To Me! Come say hi! Quantities are limited (first come, first served). I'll have goodies like bookmarks and stickers too :)

Change my mind meme, in pixel person style. Adrienne will be signing and giving away copies of LGTM at All Things Open conference on October 13 at 3:30pm ET

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 05/09/2025

💬 Code reviews ≠ conflict. #GOTOpodcast: Paul Slaughter & @abt.bsky.social share how Conventional Comments make reviews clear, empathetic & collaborative. 📝 Labels like suggestion: or issue: 🤝 Reviews that build culture 🎧 gotopia.tech/podcast

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Who can relate? 🫣 Follow my LGTM Book official account for more code review tips and memes! www.instagram.com/thelgtmbook

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

📢 MY book is Deal of the Day on @manning.com ! SAVE 45% on my book "Looks Good to Me", and other selected titles. Ends August 26 midnight, US Eastern Time mng.bz/WrEx

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Hehe, thanks for stopping by Jim! Great to meet you. An honor to give you a copy as well. Let me know how you like it!

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

What a treat (literally)! 😍 @kcdc.bsky.social just hand delivered this welcome treat to me. It has such thoughtful items, like some snacks, candy, ricola, and some good tea! Thank you to the organizers 🙏🏻

Welcome letter, some tea bags, and an assortment of candy on a table.

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

✨ Reminder to the #developers: Make your PRs small and manageable! ✨ Anyone should be able to review your code thoroughly on a Friday. Everyone should enjoy the weekend! More memes (and #codereview tips) here: www.instagram.com/thelgtmbook

Sad Pablo Meme, redone in pixel person form. Pixel person waiting for a while.

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Struggling to keep your #codereview feedback constructive? Check the top 3 things to do 👉🏻 www.instagram.com/p/DMp5S-rxdX3

Two pixel people having a friendly conversation

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Cynthia Dunlop @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A new Writing for Developers podcast for your listening pleasure: techleadjournal.dev/episodes/221/ This one covers how blogging makes you a better engineer, using LLMs to review your writing, and why team writing culture matters.

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#221 - Writing for Developers: How to Create Content People Read and Share - Piotr Sarna

Feeling like you have valuable technical insights to share but struggle to put them into words? In this episode, Piotr Sarna, author of “Writing for Developers”, shares the common hurdles developers f...

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Want to make your #PullRequest description useful? Avoid these 5 things 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DMYCXX9RtJ4

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 18/07/2025

Small PRs = better feedback. Big win. @abt.bsky.social & @sasajuric.bsky.social dive into the art of code reviews in today’s #GOTOPodcast: 💬 Tagging comments for clarity 🤝 Reviews as learning tools 🤖 AI’s role in the process 🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Code review tips, strategies, and memes? I got you! Super excited to share my official IG account for my book Looks Good To Me: Constructive Reviews: www.instagram.com/thelgtmbook

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Oh BTW, my book "Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews" dropped in Japanese (like a month ago 🤣) 🎌🤩 Thank you to all that made this happen! www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4798071447/

Japanese book cover of "Looks Good To Me".

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Brittany Ellich @brittanyellich.com · 02/07/2025

Starting @abt.bsky.social 's Looks Good To Me book and just got through the foreword by Scott! Anyone up for an online book club? 👀

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

First talk of the year and it's not about code reviews....but about robotics! Who's gonna be in Miami?

Speaker promo card that says "I am speaking at Infobip Shift", with Adrienne's photo and name in the frame.

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 22/04/2025

Paul Slaughter talks with @abt.bsky.social about building empathy and structure into code reviews at GitLab—transforming them from painful to productive through labeled feedback and shared practices.

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Effective Code Reviews with Conventional Comments • Paul Slaughter & Adrienne Braganza • GOTO 2025

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscriptedhttps://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview here:https://gotop...

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Happening now! Join us and see how to win a Viam rover 👀

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I GOT ACCEPTED TO @kcdc.bsky.social !!! I've heard so much about this conference and I've applied for the last few years...I can't tell you how excited I am to finally get accepted here! See you by the BBQ!

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Don't forget to stop by! The stream is less than a week away 😁

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sooo, let's build it live! 😅 Watch myself & Nick build a Computer Vision Self Checkout! Questions welcome (as well as good vibes). 📅 April 15 ⏰ 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT / 9pm CEST Join us on Viam's YouTube channel 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=unHE...

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Build a self-checkout with computer vision | LIVE

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Teach robotics to students in low-internet-access environments? That's what Collin and Sean did! Check out the neat way they used Viam to inspire middle schools in rural communities and even a women's prison 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.viam.com/post/firelin...

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Beyond barriers: How Fireline Science brings robotics education to disconnected spaces | Viam

Beyond Barriers: How Fireline Science Brings Robotics Education to Disconnected Spaces

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

📣 I just published my 1st codelab for Viam! 🤔 What is it? A codelab that teaches you how to build a visual proximity alert with an ultrasonic sensor, RGB LED, & #RaspberryPi. (You can do it in about an hour with some pretty cheap components!) Check it out: codelabs.viam.com/guide/visual...

A Miffy plushie is placed closer to and farther away from an ultrasonic sensor as it gets closer, an LED on a connected breadboard and Raspberry Pi lights up red. As the plushie moves away, the LED lights up green.

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Ending this Friday with some lovely reviews of my book 🥰 "⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book will improve you team code review quality for sure" "⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging and Informative Read" " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tremendous presentation of sound and implementable code review practices" Curious? Check it out: looksgoodtomebook.dev

A 5-star Amazon review of Adrienne's book from B. Rader:
Who would've thought that a book on code reviews could be engaging? Good communication is one of the key skills for good code reviews, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.

This book is a great introduction to code reviews, even for those who think they know how code reviews should be done. Many developers (if not most) have been in code reviews that have benefitted them but still walked away with annoyances about how the process works. One of the key takeaways of this book for me is that each person (not just the reviewer) can take steps to make code reviews more efficient, more likely to unearth bugs or meaningful improvements, and also make the experience less socially awkward.

The book takes a balanced approach toward code reviews, recognizing that not all teams are the same size or have the same dynamics. While it focuses on the pull-request method of doing code reviews, it does encourage in-person code reviews when needed with the PR method being a kind of gateway to discovering when this is needed. The author recognizes that not every suggestion is going to be helpful or work for every team but most of the suggestions have made me think about my team's code review process in a more critical way.

I am still in process of reading this book, but so far the suggestions have been great. The foundation in the early chapters is very good and I anticipate the rest will be the same.

A 5-star Amazon review written by Pierre-Luc for Adrienne's book:

This book will help you improve your team's code review process. As a seasoned developer, I especially love the step-by-step process of building a code review standard and the need to define what is a blocker and what is not. In this book, you will find a list of PR blockers and non-blockers which is an excellent start to establish the team's working agreement.
The code review pain points are effective at taking a step back and reflecting on moments when code reviews are incorrectly done or biased, like sending a code review to someone with the same opinion as us :). Again, this section defines many pain points and has helped the team identify their biases.
Finally, this book is up-to-date with the latest software development practices and, from my point of view, should be the baseline for all software development teams.

A 5-star review for Adrienne's book written by Jeremy A. Bryan on Amazon:

Really just a fantastic and thorough work that brings together many very applicable and helpful threads of thought on the topic of code reviews and implementing sound practice. The concepts presented throughout the book are digestible, relatable and ready for adoption. Having lived through the process bringing these very practices and concepts to engineering teams it was great to see this body of work including the forward looking concepts of using AI within these processes. I would definitely recommend it to any engineering leader, tech lead or senior engineer aspiring to bring structure and rigor to their code review processes.

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Don't just take it from me, even @sasajuric.bsky.social says your PRs need to be smaller! Listen to our unscripted chat about #codereviews and tell me if you agree (or disagree) with our thoughts! 👇🏼

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Detilium @detilium.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I've experienced first hand how much code reviews are underrated and neglected. @abt.bsky.social had a great talk at Copenhagen Developers Festival on the topic and some great tips on how to improve. This is worth a watch 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxHR...

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👍 Looks GREAT To Me: Getting Past Bare Minimum Code Reviews - Adrienne Braganza Tacke

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Saša Jurić @sasajuric.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This April at AlchemyConf, I'm thrilled to present a brand-new talk: "Tell Me a Story." I won't spoil the surprise with an abstract, but expect a lot of live coding and minimal slides. This topic is close to my heart, so I hop you'll join me and experience it live. alchemyconf.com/speakers#sas...

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Alchemy Conf 2025

Alchemy Conf | 2-3 April 2025 | Braga, Portugal

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🥹 It's something else to hold your own book in your hand!

Adrienne leaning against a tower of her own books.

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Ahhh this is exciting! Thank you and let me know what you think! 😁

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Niki Tonsky @tonsky.me · 21/12/2024

I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning

Diagram with large number: 2.7.123
First “2” is commented: Proud version. Bump when you are proud of the release
Second “7” is commented: Default version. Just normal/okay releases
Third “123” is commented: Shame version. Bump when fixing things too embarrassing to admit

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Aaand I've just been told that it's in print! Manning gave me a promo code for you to use to get 45% off: PBBRAGANZA It lasts until December 25, just in time for Christmas 🎁📚

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I can't believe I missed this, but my book is officially published! 😱 Final PDF is accessible to all that got @manningbooks.bsky.social Early Access! Pre-order from Amazon & Barnes and Noble open. Print versions will be available in January 😁 Do you have your copy of LGTM? looksgoodtomebook.dev

Book cover for Looks Good To Me: Constructive code reviews by Adrienne Braganza. Foreword by Scott Hanselman

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Achievement unlocked: Actually made the damn banana bread in time.

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Oooh, my book is 🤏🏼 close to being sent to print! 🥹

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Feeling real positive about my last interview. Up next, another interview loop at another company. 🤞🏼

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

Those that have done pair programming or mob programming... how has that impacted your code reviews, if at all? Have you found a happy combination of the two? Do you find you can -truly- replace one with the other (I don't think that's possible)? Want to hear all your thoughts! Thx 😊

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Adrienne Braganza Tacke @abt.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Got any code review process loophole stories you're willing to share? I'd love to know! From people approving their own pull requests to buddies approving each other's PRs and everything in between, I'm keen on hearing your story 🧐📝

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