Fuzzing is a generally pretty healthy subfield, but even there most peer-reviewed papers in top venues are still are completely useless! Importantly, “a ‘working’ github repo” is really not enough to ensure that your results are reproducible, let alone ensure external validity.
See e.g. https://mschloegel.me/paper/schloegel2024sokfuzzevals.pdf
Fuzzing is a generally pretty healthy subfield, but even there most peer-reviewed papers in top venues are still are completely useless! Importantly, “a ‘working’ github repo” is really not enough to ensure that your results are reproducible, let alone ensure external validity.