In the course projects, maintainers will review students' code and help them develop mental models of good software, providing an opportunity to learn good software design that the speaker believes most students lack.

“They will be reviewing your code. They'll be helping you build mental models of, like, good software. In that way, there's effectively this, like, passing on of, like, the guard of true good software design in a way that, you know, I don't think most students get the opportunity to do.”