# Code confusion

`kaal:entity:code-confusion`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `code-confusion`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3995709-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-006) [mechanism/evidenced] -- Confusion during code review lengthens reviews through a message escalation mechanism: more confusion produces more messages exchanged during discussion, so the review takes longer than it should.
  > that more confusion leads to an increase in the number of messages exchanged during the discussion, therefore reviews take longer.34 If there is confusion between the reviewer and the code, the code review will take longer than it should.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709
- [3995709-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-007) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Code confusion produces blind approval, where a reviewer hopes a co-worker knows what they are doing and approves a change without understanding it, which can result in further bugs and delayed production.
  > blind approval may occur when a reviewer hopes their co-worker knows what they're doing and blindly approves a change.36 Blind approval can result in further bugs and delay production.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

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