Yes, but peer review is limited by the understanding, imagination, vision, and intelligence of the peers, who are not always peers in such aspects. Sometimes it

Yes, but peer review is limited by the understanding, imagination, vision, and intelligence of the peers, who are not always peers in such aspects. Sometimes it takes creativity and individuality, as well as a little confidence, to come up with the right solution. But committees are not designed for that kind of solution. They're merely designed to analyze data and come up with a dry answer in conformity with "core principles", which is at odds with the kind of raw humanistic creativity you get when you just say "screw it" and go on a 2 week code binge to write the thing you needed all along. That's why git exists. It could never have come about through code reviews or other types of committees.