This is designed specifically for researchers in academic institutions that have quite narrowly-defined mechanisms for &#x27;getting credit&#x27; that can be formally applied towards career advancement, tenure review, etc., where by definition there are not &#x27;a variety of ways for one to get credit&#x27;. Changing those evaluation mechanisms to better support recognizing software development for its &quot;inherent&quot; or naive value would be ideal, but is not a practical option for non-tenured researchers who need to work within existing advancement systems. Anyone outside of those systems would not find this form of publication useful at all - exactly why it is self-described as an academic &#x27;hack&#x27; and not intended for general-purpose software development.