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Enterprise Code Review Standard

Version: 1.0.0

Status: official

Author: Enterprise AI Standards

Description

Official engineering standard for reviewing source code using architecture, security, performance, maintainability and quality engineering principles.

Objective

Ensure every software change satisfies enterprise engineering standards before being merged into the main branch.

Philosophy

Code review is a quality gate, not a personal opinion.

Every review must improve software quality, reduce technical debt, preserve maintainability, and ensure production readiness.

Principles

  • Engineering over Opinion.
  • Objective Review.
  • Architecture First.
  • Security First.
  • Performance Aware.
  • Maintainability.
  • Simplicity.
  • Continuous Improvement.
  • Knowledge Sharing.
  • Respectful Feedback.

Project Structure

Language Features

Virtual Threads

Structured Concurrency

Records

Sealed Classes

Pattern Matching

Collections

Streams

Optional

Exceptions

Logging

Performance

  • Efficient algorithms.
  • Avoid unnecessary allocations.
  • Database queries optimized.
  • Proper indexes.
  • Java Virtual Threads used when applicable.

Security

  • OWASP compliance.
  • Validate inputs.
  • Authorization verified.
  • Authentication verified.
  • No secrets.
  • No SQL Injection.
  • No XSS.
  • Secure defaults.

Testing

  • Unit Tests.
  • Integration Tests.
  • Negative Tests.
  • Coverage maintained.

Observability

  • Logging.
  • Metrics.
  • Tracing.
  • Health endpoints.

Documentation

  • README updated.
  • Architecture updated.
  • OpenAPI updated.
  • ADR updated when required.

Best Practices

  • Review architecture first.
  • Focus on correctness.
  • Verify security.
  • Verify performance.
  • Encourage simplicity.
  • Review with empathy.
  • Explain recommendations.
  • Verify documentation.

Anti Patterns

  • Opinion-based reviews.
  • Nitpicking.
  • Ignoring security.
  • Ignoring tests.
  • Ignoring architecture.
  • Reviewing only formatting.
  • Massive pull requests.
  • Approving without reading.

Review Checklist

Examples

References

  • https://google.github.io/eng-practices/
  • https://martinfowler.com/
  • https://owasp.org/
  • https://refactoring.guru/
  • https://12factor.net/