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Sure, that’s the theory. In practice code review often looks like this:

• a quick glance to see if the code plausibly does what it claims for longer patches
• A long argument about some stylistic choice for short patches

In other words – people were barely reading merge requests before. Code reviews have limited effects as well. You won’t catch all bugs or see if it actually works just by looking at the code. Code reviews mainly serve to spread knowledge about the code among the team. The more code exists in a project, the harder it is to understand. You don’t want huge areas of code, that only one person has ever seen.

Project managers don’t necessarily talk to angry customers directly. They might also choose to chase more features instead of allocating resources to fixing bugs. It depends on what the bosses prioritize. If they want AI and lots of new features, that‘s what they will get. Fixing bugs, improved stability, better performance, etc. are rarely the priority.

Realistically what happens is the code review is done under time pressure and not very thoroughly.

The LaserDisc version of DS9 is available on archive.org, seasons 1 to 3. The aspect ratio is wrong for me when watching it in the browser. Download the files directly and watch locally.

Live long and enjoy :)

Babylon 5 was on tv around the same time. Farscape as well.

The short and bloodless battle could have been sold better. In a TNG episode someone (Worf) would have mentioned some ancient Klingon marital ritual of ritual combat. Even better when it’s a story from Klingon mythology. Then they could call a P‘Qouth and duke it out for a symbolic minute.

Helping people by force to save them from death is something that’s often done IRL, e.g. evacuations, suicide watch. Saving endangered species is a goal of many people and countries today. Saving an extraterrestrial sapient species and culture against their will is an easy case to make.

Sensible post, besides the glorification of the Ottoman Empire. The brutality and corruption of the Ottomans are the reason the Middle East and to a lesser extent the Balkans are such a shitshow.

Ritual combat is a thing.

Ritual combat is something Klingons have a lot of cultural understanding and respect for. This fits right in.

Don’t expect too much. It’s corny with very simple preachy messaging. The writing is cheesy and filled with sloppy humor. The show plays everything very safe.

I do have to say though, that episode 3 was okay and 4 approaching good. The first two were a boring pandering fest.