Conflicting coding styles in reviews can slow progress, but they’re also an opportunity to strengthen collaboration. The solution lies in creating a unified coding standard that respects diverse perspectives. By involving the team in defining these standards and documenting them clearly, we foster consistency and ownership. Tools like linters and formatters can enforce these guidelines automatically, minimizing friction. Ultimately, aligning coding styles isn’t just about code—it’s about building a culture of mutual respect and efficiency where every developer feels heard and valued.

To handle coding style conflicts during reviews, I focus on establishing consistency and fostering collaboration. First, I advocate for a team-defined coding standard, ensuring everyone agrees on clear guidelines to follow. Using tools like linters or formatters automates adherence to these standards, minimizing subjective disagreements. Open dialogue is essential; I encourage team discussions to understand the rationale behind preferences and reach a consensus. For unresolved conflicts, I prioritize styles that enhance readability and scalability. Additionally, I promote documenting decisions in a shared style guide, ensuring alignment and reducing future friction. This approach ensures collaboration and productivity.

Though different coding styles lead to some time in code reviews, I feel it is a great opportunity to learn from the different styles, adapt some of the good practices into your own coding style and discuss and set these as standards for coding. One way is where we can have some set guidelines for code quality and Pull Requests (PR) set up in the description of the PR like a checklist template, and this template can be updated whenever some new or better style is discovered.

When working with development teams, I recommend establishing a repository with examples and templates for defining how to implement classes, objects, functions, etc. This should also include styles, conventions, and definitions aligned with the company's policies. Tools and extensions such as SonarQube for repository context or StyleCop for editors in C#, for example, can be used, or similar ones depending on the technology to control code development. Both are good control mechanisms, although I recommend enforcing control at the coding level itself. In any case, if conflicts arise, they will be mapped and can be resolved by following the style guide defined in the tools.

Facing conflict in code style is very crutial while working within the team. While reviewing the code it's a senior developer's responsibility to check and maintain the code guide which he has been shared. He should make a code style and guide to follow for the team. This would make the code more structured and reliable.