Academic research code is largely dogshit written as quickly as possible by amateurs, barely tested whatsoever, and the primary intended output of all such code

Academic research code is largely dogshit written as quickly as possible by amateurs, barely tested whatsoever, and the primary intended output of all such code is accumulating paper citations. A world with half as many scientific papers and twice as much care would produce far more value but the whole enterprise is hopelessly gamified.