[hnfong]

Peer review is basically Github anonymous PRs that has the author pinky swear that the code compiles and 95% of test cases pass.

Academic careers are then decided by the Github activity charts.

[MichaelZuo]

The whole 'pinky swear' aspect is far from ideal.

But is there an alternative that still allows most academic aspirants to participate?

[abrichr]

> Github

[MichaelZuo]

Do you understand what the parent is saying? It's clearly an analogy, not a literal recommendation for all academics to use Github.

[abrichr]

I understand, thank you for clarifying :)

My point was that academics could use Github (or something like it)

[MichaelZuo]

Can you write out the argument for it, or why you believe it to be a net positive change compared to the current paradigm?

[abrichr]

> Peer review is basically Github anonymous PRs that has the author pinky swear that the code compiles and 95% of test cases pass.

It should be possible to use something like Github to *verify* "that the code compiles and 95% of test cases pass" instead of just "pinky swearing".