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7/10/2026

Raising a good Pull Request
Short summary
A guide to writing pull requests that teammates can actually review efficiently. Key recommendations include linking to the tracking ticket, documenting technical trade-offs, attaching UI screenshots, providing local testing steps, avoiding internal acronyms, and using a pull_request_template.md to enforce consistency. Sloppy PRs signal poor development culture and waste reviewer time.
- •Link to the tracking ticket and document trade-offs in every PR
- •Attach screenshots or videos for UI changes and provide local testing steps
- •Use a pull_request_template.md to automate and standardize PR quality
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