Fundamentally, if the journal is not actually peer reviewing the software, what is the point of them publishing an article describing it? Answer: Advertising (for the authors) and citations (for the journal). None of this lives up to the purpose or standards of scholarly publishing.

Authors - post a description of the software, Nature - write a news feature covering this… dressing it up with the veneer of a peer reviewed article is a damaging farce. Submit for peer review when you’re ACTUALLY READY to be reviewed.