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Code reviewMediumcr-g480
Subject Missing cacheLevel Senior–Staff~20 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development, Technology

Question

Review this Go permission check called on every request.

What a strong answer looks like

Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewgo
func CanAccess(userID, resource string) bool {    roles := fetchRolesFromDB(userID)        // network round trip    policy := compilePolicy(loadPolicyFile()) // reads + parses a static YAML file from disk    return policy.Allows(roles, resource)}
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