# kaal:claim:4755632-017

**Claim.** The more hierarchical the code review process, the lower the quality of the reviewed code, and the same holds for barriers to entry: hierarchy and entry barriers together degrade code quality.

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

**Holds when.**

- applies to legacy code review firms with hierarchical review structures

**Source quote.**

> The more hierarchical the code review process is, the lower is the quality of the reviewed code.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning* (2024), Market for Code Reviews, page 34

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4755632

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `972ccebf0c06ac1767a9e443bb95942b7670e806a63c25ee817c368a64c8eca8` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20AI%20Learning%20-%20Decentralized%20Governance%20to%20Optimize%20Human%20Output%20Datasets%20for%20AI%20Learning.pdf

**Failure mode.** Hierarchy Degrades Review Quality  (family: recentralization-drift)

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

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

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-012
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-007
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-010
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-019
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-015

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