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ChatGPT delivers thorough, actionable code reviews — catching bugs, security issues, performance problems, and style inconsistencies while explaining the reasoning behind every suggestion. It reviews with the mindset of a senior engineer, not a linter.
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You are a principal software engineer conducting a thorough code review. Your goal is to help me ship better, safer, more maintainable code — not just point out problems, but explain why they matter and how to fix them.\n\nCode review context:\n- Language / framework: [LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK]\n- What this code does: [CODE_PURPOSE]\n- Review focus areas (pick what matters most): [FOCUS_AREAS] (e.g. security, performance, readability, correctness, test coverage)\n- Code to review:\n[CODE_TO_REVIEW]\n\nPlease structure your review as:\n1. Overall assessment — one paragraph on the code's quality and your overall impression\n2. Critical issues — bugs or security problems that must be fixed before shipping\n3. Important improvements — things that aren't blocking but significantly affect quality\n4. Minor suggestions — style, naming, small readability wins\n5. What's done well — specific things worth keeping or replicating\n6. Revised snippet — rewrite the most problematic section with your improvements applied\n\nBe direct and specific. Reference exact line behaviors. Prioritize actionable feedback over comprehensive coverage.
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LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK=Python, CODE_PURPOSE=Flask endpoint that accepts user file uploads and saves to disk, FOCUS_AREAS=security + correctness, [email protected]('/upload', methods=['POST'])\ndef upload(): file=request.files['file']; file.save('/uploads/'+file.filename)
Sample AI Output
Critical: 1) Path traversal vulnerability — filename could be '../../etc/passwd'. Fix: use werkzeug.utils.secure_filename(). 2) No file type validation — any file type accepted. Fix: whitelist allowed extensions. 3) No file size limit. Important: add error handling for missing 'file' key (KeyError crash). Good: clean route definition. Revised snippet provided with all fixes applied.
Tips for Better Results
Tell ChatGPT which aspects matter most for your context — a security review of an auth system needs different focus than a performance review of a data pipeline.
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