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This is like a poster child for a bad metric. It's bad because it's possible for a team to do a good job and have the metric look bad, it's possible for a team
by unoti 10y ago
This is like a poster child for a bad metric. It's bad because it's possible for a team to do a good job and have the metric look bad, it's possible for a team to do a bad job And have the metric look good. Are we sure that this metric is measuring something that we care about?
This metric is interesting to me, but it's an esoteric thing compared to practical issues of how well a site achieves its goals. This metric reminds me of tongue and groove house design: It's wonderful, but only matters to artisans.
- titzer 10y agoTo some extent this is true of many metrics. The real question is whether the metric motivates people to do the right thing. Is this something people should optimize for to the exclusion of other goals? Probably not. But bloat is a serious problem, and this metric just shines the light of recognition on that.