Ask HN: Should I publish my research code?

Re:Ask HN: Should I publish my research code? by anon_123g987 on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:19AM (#29934672)

One argument against publishing code is that maybe there's an error (or more) in your code, which validates your possibly mistaken theory, and forcing an independent reimplementation by others would uncover this problem.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Should I publish my research code? by techwind on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:26AM (#29934774)

That's a good point I'd not considered. I suppose it's ultimately a risk scientists/researchers take to not lead humanity down a broken path however I'm of the firm belief the truth will "out" and transparency almost always trumps opaqueness

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Should I publish my research code? by dqpb on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:38AM (#29934929)

The fact that there may be an error is an argument in favor of publishing the code.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Should I publish my research code? by anon_123g987 on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:44AM (#29935028)

Publishing the code can increase the number of people tinkering with it, and possibly debugging it, it's true. But people just going with it, start using it without looking into the details, and blindly trusting the author (i.e. being lazy) sounds pretty realistic, too.

[ Parent | on HN ]