CST438: Journal Entry Week 4

Q. What is the most interesting thing you have learned in your reading of "Software Engineering at Google"?

A. I think it's interesting how Google does code reviews. I didn't expect that they would tag approved changes with something kind of silly like LGTM which stands for "looks good to me", but it does make sense and seems quite practical in use. It's also cool to learn that Google uses an in-house code reviewing tool, Critique, since I haven't heard of it before.

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