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   "text": "The more hierarchical the code review process and the more barriers to entry it imposes, the lower the quality of the resulting code.",
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   "text": "In hierarchical legacy review processes the first reviewer's output gets the highest priority and follow on reviewers add only minor upgrades, so the collective of reviewers is not incentivized to find flaws and optimize the code as a collective work product.",
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