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McCullough: Bad code has no provenance, good code has many authors

Matthew McCullough · a16z Podcast | The Future of Software Development · Jan 2, 2019 · at 27:40

Matthew McCullough of GitHub reflects on software accountability during an a16z panel on enterprise software development.

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“Bad code has no provenance, and good code everyone wants to claim credit for.”

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