The article is referencing this paper, btw: https://www.nber.org/papers/w35275 https://www.nber.org/papers/w35275. As I commented on the Ladybird thread (https

The article is referencing this paper, btw: https://www.nber.org/papers/w35275 https://www.nber.org/papers/w35275. As I commented on the Ladybird thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410252), this is an empirical result that sort of tracks the intuition behind "sending a PR that compiles is no longer a sufficient stake to show real commitment."