So are FDA inspections, housing inspections, etc., etc., I guess.
On a less snarky note:
>Peer reviews can be done asynchronously after the fact
This assumes that the author of that code will go back and address any code review comments. OP seems focused on shipping fast, which is fine, but I would bet that this means that any review comments that don't find showstopper bugs don't get addressed - after all, why fix nuts in something that's shipped and not broken? That's a tax on productivity!
I think people forget what taxes actually do for us.
