Review Latency Is a Visibility Problem, Not a People Problem

The Real Bottleneck in Your Development Cycle Most engineering teams think they have a review speed problem. They set SLA targets, schedule dedicated review blocks, and nag people in Slack. But after looking at patterns across many teams this week, one thing became very clear: the bottleneck is rarely how fast someone reviews a PR. It's how long it takes before anyone even notices the PR exists. The Notification Graveyard GitHub and GitLab both send notifications. Email pings, in-app badges, Sla