This is the best-kept secret of the software engineering profession: engineers
hate code. Especially code written by other people. It's why they love working
on greenfield projects so much. No code, no maintenance, no headaches!
Ever wondered why microservices took off in teams of all sizes? A microservice
architecture is
Well, if you don’t even have any comments at all, neither good nor bad, then “LGTM” doesn’t ever really translate to "I have read all your code and it’s wonderfule/okay enough to pass"…
To me, having worked as a developer for some years now, it means “don’t got no time to look into your codes, so here’s a stamp of approval to send you along your way, knowing too well that you expected me to look into your code but I didn’t”
My point being, if you want to say you read all the code and it’s fine, maybe refrain from using “LGTM”, which is the universal sign of malicious compliance/not caring.
Well, if you don’t even have any comments at all, neither good nor bad, then “LGTM” doesn’t ever really translate to "I have read all your code and it’s wonderfule/okay enough to pass"…
To me, having worked as a developer for some years now, it means “don’t got no time to look into your codes, so here’s a stamp of approval to send you along your way, knowing too well that you expected me to look into your code but I didn’t”
My point being, if you want to say you read all the code and it’s fine, maybe refrain from using “LGTM”, which is the universal sign of malicious compliance/not caring.