Blog · 2026-02-28

Text diff habits that speed up code review

Side-by-side diffs expose accidental whitespace, config drift, and copypaste errors before they merge.

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Normalize line endings

Agree on LF versus CRLF in editorconfig so diff noise does not hide real logic changes.

Spot the accidental deletion

Large deletes deserve a comment in the PR — bots and humans both miss silent removals in dense files.

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