Author(s): Leapfrog Technology

Originally published on Towards AI.

We’ve all reviewed pull requests that looked perfectly fine in the diff, only to discover later that the application behaved differently.

The reality is that reviewing code alone isn’t enough. Before merging, we still need to validate the feature, verify the user experience, and ensure nothing else has regressed.

The goal is not just to approve code. The goal is to merge with confidence.