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Adrienne Braganza Tacke
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Author of LGTM: Constructive Code Reviews📘manning.com/books/looks-good-to-me • LinkedIn [In]structor ☁️ • Always down for 🍰 • Speaking all ova tha worllld 🎤
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Who's attending @allthingsopen.bsky.social ? I'll be there giving a talk about robotics and computer vision AND I'll be signing and giving away copies of my book Looks Good To Me!

Come say hi! Quantities are limited (first come, first served). I'll have goodies like bookmarks and stickers too :)
Change my mind meme, in pixel person style. Adrienne will be signing and giving away copies of LGTM at All Things Open conference on October 13 at 3:30pm ET
October 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Who can relate? 🫣

Follow my LGTM Book official account for more code review tips and memes! www.instagram.com/thelgtmbook
Pixel person-styled dog is burning meme
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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What a treat (literally)! 😍

@kcdc.bsky.social just hand delivered this welcome treat to me. It has such thoughtful items, like some snacks, candy, ricola, and some good tea! Thank you to the organizers 🙏🏻
Welcome letter, some tea bags, and an assortment of candy on a table.
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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✨ Reminder to the #developers: Make your PRs small and manageable! ✨

Anyone should be able to review your code thoroughly on a Friday. Everyone should enjoy the weekend!

More memes (and #codereview tips) here: www.instagram.com/thelgtmbook
Sad Pablo Meme, redone in pixel person form. Pixel person waiting for a while.
August 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Struggling to keep your #codereview feedback constructive? Check the top 3 things to do 👉🏻 www.instagram.com/p/DMp5S-rxdX3
Two pixel people having a friendly conversation
July 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Want to make your #PullRequest description useful? Avoid these 5 things 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DMYCXX9RtJ4
July 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Code review tips, strategies, and memes? I got you!

Super excited to share my official IG account for my book Looks Good To Me: Constructive Reviews: www.instagram.com/thelgtmbook
Pixel person version of LGTM cover figure. Comically accurate and on brand.
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Oh BTW, my book "Looks Good To Me: Constructive Code Reviews" dropped in Japanese (like a month ago 🤣) 🎌🤩

Thank you to all that made this happen!
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4798071447/
Japanese book cover of "Looks Good To Me".
July 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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First talk of the year and it's not about code reviews....but about robotics!

Who's gonna be in Miami?
Speaker promo card that says "I am speaking at Infobip Shift", with Adrienne's photo and name in the frame.
April 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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📣 I just published my 1st codelab for Viam!

🤔 What is it?
A codelab that teaches you how to build a visual proximity alert with an ultrasonic sensor, RGB LED, & #RaspberryPi. (You can do it in about an hour with some pretty cheap components!)

Check it out: codelabs.viam.com/guide/visual...
A Miffy plushie is placed closer to and farther away from an ultrasonic sensor as it gets closer, an LED on a connected breadboard and Raspberry Pi lights up red. As the plushie moves away, the LED lights up green.
March 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Ending this Friday with some lovely reviews of my book 🥰

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book will improve you team code review quality for sure"

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging and Informative Read"

" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tremendous presentation of sound and implementable code review practices"

Curious? Check it out: looksgoodtomebook.dev
A 5-star Amazon review of Adrienne's book from B. Rader: Who would've thought that a book on code reviews could be engaging? Good communication is one of the key skills for good code reviews, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised. This book is a great introduction to code reviews, even for those who think they know how code reviews should be done. Many developers (if not most) have been in code reviews that have benefitted them but still walked away with annoyances about how the process works. One of the key takeaways of this book for me is that each person (not just the reviewer) can take steps to make code reviews more efficient, more likely to unearth bugs or meaningful improvements, and also make the experience less socially awkward. The book takes a balanced approach toward code reviews, recognizing that not all teams are the same size or have the same dynamics. While it focuses on the pull-request method of doing code reviews, it does encourage in-person code reviews when needed with the PR method being a kind of gateway to discovering when this is needed. The author recognizes that not every suggestion is going to be helpful or work for every team but most of the suggestions have made me think about my team's code review process in a more critical way. I am still in process of reading this book, but so far the suggestions have been great. The foundation in the early chapters is very good and I anticipate the rest will be the same. A 5-star Amazon review written by Pierre-Luc for Adrienne's book: This book will help you improve your team's code review process. As a seasoned developer, I especially love the step-by-step process of building a code review standard and the need to define what is a blocker and what is not. In this book, you will find a list of PR blockers and non-blockers which is an excellent start to establish the team's working agreement. The code review pain points are effective at taking a step back and reflecting on moments when code reviews are incorrectly done or biased, like sending a code review to someone with the same opinion as us :). Again, this section defines many pain points and has helped the team identify their biases. Finally, this book is up-to-date with the latest software development practices and, from my point of view, should be the baseline for all software development teams. A 5-star review for Adrienne's book written by Jeremy A. Bryan on Amazon: Really just a fantastic and thorough work that brings together many very applicable and helpful threads of thought on the topic of code reviews and implementing sound practice. The concepts presented throughout the book are digestible, relatable and ready for adoption. Having lived through the process bringing these very practices and concepts to engineering teams it was great to see this body of work including the forward looking concepts of using AI within these processes. I would definitely recommend it to any engineering leader, tech lead or senior engineer aspiring to bring structure and rigor to their code review processes.
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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🥹 It's something else to hold your own book in your hand!
Adrienne leaning against a tower of her own books.
January 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I can't believe I missed this, but my book is officially published! 😱

Final PDF is accessible to all that got @manningbooks.bsky.social Early Access!

Pre-order from Amazon & Barnes and Noble open. Print versions will be available in January 😁

Do you have your copy of LGTM? looksgoodtomebook.dev
Book cover for Looks Good To Me: Constructive code reviews by Adrienne Braganza. Foreword by Scott Hanselman
December 10, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Achievement unlocked: Actually made the damn banana bread in time.
Banana bread just out of the oven.
November 27, 2024 at 2:54 AM