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