Doing some research has amended that a bit. In particular, Bird et. al. 's "Don't Touch My Code" shows that there is a strong ownership effect on code quality. That is, developers with longtime relationships to a codebase can reduce defect rates.
Doing some research has amended that a bit. In particular, Bird et. al. 's "Don't Touch My Code" shows that there is a strong ownership effect on code quality. That is, developers with longtime relationships to a codebase can reduce defect rates.