# kaal:claim:3995709-012

**Claim.** The more hierarchical the code review process and the more barriers to entry it imposes, the lower the quality of the resulting code.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- legacy code review firms with hierarchical reviewer selection

**Source quote.**

> In other words, the more hierarchical the code review process and the more barriers to entry, the lower the quality of code.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards* (2021), Flawed Code Review Process, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `6d77dbfb15ee86080bfde0b98089180cabafeb6defdf0f05eaaeb3cb99871e89` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20How%20DAOs%20Optimize%20Open-Source%20Code%20Reviews%20and%20Create%20Open-Source%20Standards.pdf

**Topics.** institutional-design, open-source-and-code, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** hierarchy, code-review-quality, barriers-to-entry, legacy-review

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-017
- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-007
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-010
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-015

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