This feels like the right approach. If peer review were to include artifact evaluation, including some kind of code review, and require certain standards be met for acceptance, things would change. As others have noted here, the mechanisms of grant-funded work strongly discourage attention to code quality, and that would have to change as well.
I'm not in academia now, but I started out my career doing sysops and programming in a lab at a medical school and have worked with academics a bit since. I don't do it much because it's basically volunteer work, and it's almost impossible to contribute meaningfully unless you are also well-versed in the field.
I'm not in academia now, but I started out my career doing sysops and programming in a lab at a medical school and have worked with academics a bit since. I don't do it much because it's basically volunteer work, and it's almost impossible to contribute meaningfully unless you are also well-versed in the field.