Code quality seems to be a large issue for Samsung in general (no sources, but some first-hand experience). My gut feeling is that it's caused by the extremely bureaucratic Korean corporate culture. Though I'm sure someone who has actually worked there could shed some light to this phenomenon.

Read this one:

https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/15001/enlightened/2

Didn't find it on HN, is this the daily wtf post you mentioned?

https://forums.thedailywtf.com/topic/21368/samsung-insisting...