Software Best Practices

I have encountered the same conversation during code reviews a number of times and suspect I may not be alone in this. The abridged version of the conversation starts something like: Colin: "You've done some good work implementing a complicated piece of code, well done. The XYZ function though...

I came across these references recently that may be useful. Gilb also promotes "extreme inspections" of specifications described at http://www.gilb.com/community/tiki-page.php?pageName=Inspection which seems to be a refinement of "Agile Spec QC" paper at http://www.gilb.com/community...