Back to Tags

#code reading

Code Explainer — What It Does and Why It's Written That Way

Paste code you didn't write and get it explained at your level: what it does, how data flows through it, the non-obvious parts, the assumptions it makes and the questions to ask its author.

Nigel Yoshida

Codebase Tour — Get Oriented in an Unfamiliar Repo

Get oriented in a codebase you didn't write: what it does, how it's organized, how a request flows through it, where to make common changes and the risky areas to avoid on day one.

Nigel Yoshida