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This is an interesting practice, thanks for sharing. I'm really curious about different sorts of hybrid approaches being used in the wild.

I'd be curious to hear how the day-to-day schedule ends up working out between developers, since the review process is synchronous in this case.

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The synchronous aspect is a problem, although not a huge one. The issue is mitigated to a certain extent by excluding non-customer facing research & testing components from the review requirement. Also, the architecture of the system is such that people tend to work very independently, with little-to-no overlap, so reviews can be postponed with little impact on velocity. As our team grows in size, we could also think about instituting a rotating code reviewer responsibility, with team members taking it in turns to act as the designated reviewer for the day.

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