A row of dim review dimension slots with only one glowing, then fully lit after new modules are added — but the version on the right, weighed down by math symbols, has gone dark again

Dimension Experiments: Can a 36-Year-Old Book Fix Your Review Coverage?

Series: Classic Theory Meets Agent Practice (Part 3) Part 1: Dual-Pass Review: Why You Can’t Have Both Recall and Precision · Part 2: Strategy Genes: Pruning Review Prompts with Genetic Algorithm Thinking TL;DR: Two controlled experiments. Code review dimensions went from 8 to 11, and known-issue detection went from 1/6 to 6/6. Design review introduced axiomatic design dimensions, and detection also went from 1/6 to 6/6. But the version with a math formula proved that more dimensions are not always better — computation consumed review attention, and findings dropped 35%. Run controlled experiments with known issues as reference, and you learn which dimensions actually work. ...

2026-05-25 · 9 min · Alex Wang