In context of this, I've always been thinking that software engineers should be held way more liable -- like those of the physical engineering disciplines. In order to enforce good software engineering practice, there must be either incentives or disincentives (carrot or stick) that have clear consequences on the engineer himself/herself. Otherwise there is nothing stopping them from producing bad work. It may be unintentional and the code perhaps is simply sloppy (but still works).

This is just a thought (and may be unpopular): practices differ wildly from one company to another, and between enterprise software vs hacky side-projecty node apps, nonetheless, maybe it's time to standardize software good practices across the entire industry and enforce them, making them not just "good" practice, but mandatory practice.