This article is both too long and also, by virtue of being a linkfarm, too short. Let's try something simpler: All software metrics eventually fail to indicate

This article is both too long and also, by virtue of being a linkfarm, too short. Let's try something simpler: All software metrics eventually fail to indicate useful directions for progress, by Goodhart's Law [0]. A corollary is that whatever snake oil is being peddled by the article, it will eventually be as useless as current metrics. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law