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Developers vent over sprawling pull requests
Original: The Quest Begins (The "Why") Picture this: I’m staring at a pull request that touches twenty‑seven files, adds a new aut
A software developer describes the familiar frustration of opening a pull request that touches twenty-seven files at once — a new authentication flow, UI tweaks, a utility library refactor, and even a README typo fix — all bundled together with a lengthy description. The anecdote has struck a chord with other programmers who routinely deal with oversized, hard-to-review code changes.
Why now: Mixed-scope pull requests are a widespread pain point in software teams, making the complaint highly relatable.
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- The Quest Begins (The "Why") Picture this: I’m staring at a pull request that touches twenty‑seven files, adds a new authentication flow, tweaks the UI, refactors a utility library, and somehow also fixes a typo in the README. The description is a novel, the diff is a wall of… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 3
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