Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “Can you do without code review?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)Technically, yes, **code review can be skipped**, but in practice this almost always leads to a drop in quality, more errors, and more technical debt. **Key point:** without review, the team loses its main tool for collective control and learning.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageTechnically, yes, **code review can be skipped**, but in practice this almost always leads to **lower quality, more errors, and more technical debt**. Without review, the team loses its main tool for collective control and learning. --- ### What happens if you drop code review 1. **Errors reach production** A single developer rarely notices their own mistakes: typos, vulnerabilities, incorrect checks. A second pair of eyes almost always catches the critical details. 2. **Code quality declines** Without a shared standard, code becomes inconsistent in style and hard to read. After a couple of months the project turns into a "patchwork quilt". 3. **Knowledge gets concentrated in a few people** When colleagues do not look at the code, no one knows how someone else's module works. This creates dependency (a "bus factor") and makes maintenance harder. 4. **Less team growth** Code review is the best way to learn. Without it, newcomers do not see examples and do not get feedback. --- ### When you can partially skip it - in **very small teams** (1-2 people), - in **experimental prototypes**, - if **strict automated checks** are used (lint, tests, CI/CD). Even then, it is worth doing at least **periodic reviews** for general synchronization. --- ### Conclusion Without code review you can write code, but **you cannot build a sustainable product and team**. Review is not bureaucracy, it is a mechanism for quality, learning, and shared responsibility for the result.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.