Fig 4Review loopHover a station · → stepsPR opened · lap 1
1Checks
2Labels
3Persona
4Human
5Batch
6Dev
7Main
8Prod
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before a personpersonafter mergeprod
0A pull request opens and enters the loop
Orange block: the pull request. The station working on it lights up orangeNumbered plates on the bench match the steps aboveReview spread round the life of a change. Machines check the PR before a person sees it, the person at the gate decides whether it is a good idea, the batch is checked together on pre-dev, and the dial reads what the change does in production. The pin is the change's real behaviour, and only the production dial measures it: on every second lap the pin stands higher than intended, and a follow-up drops back into the intake tray.