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Spotify Study Maps How Information Spreads Through Code Reviews

Spotify Study Maps How Information Spreads Through Code Reviews

Update: 2025-11-20
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Spotify researchers test whether code reviews act as communication networks by measuring information diffusion across participants, components, and teams.

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This study examines whether Spotify’s code reviews function as true communication networks by measuring how information spreads between participants, software components, and teams using network models, similarity metrics, and large-scale GitHub and Backstage data.

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Spotify Study Maps How Information Spreads Through Code Reviews

Spotify Study Maps How Information Spreads Through Code Reviews

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