Peer review has a lot of analogues to code review, though there are some pretty big differences that significantly affect the cost-benefit analysis.

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review

@alpha the author’s proposition (I read the follow up as well) sounds like open source. “Why don’t you try publishing your code and let the best project win?” We’ve already run this experiment, too.