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Indeed, some SCM metrics could be used to reach exactly the wrong conclusion: lines-of-code add/removed. Oh my gosh! Jonny coder over there has been deleti
by gricardo99 5y ago
Indeed, some SCM metrics could be used to reach exactly the wrong conclusion: lines-of-code add/removed.
Oh my gosh! Jonny coder over there has been deleting, deleting! our code. Fire him immediately!
Many years ago there was a discussion on HN about that same topic[1] (And since then many more I'm sure).
1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10734815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10734815
- opinion-is-bad 5y agoSimpson’s Paradox takes many forms. If your sampling or measurement criteria are wrong, even subtlety, then the results are nonsense without anyone knowing. Practicing statistics in an area for which you are not an expert is almost always a bad idea.
- _tom_ 5y agoDilbert is relevant: https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Write%20Minivan https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Write%20Minivan Metrics are frequently inaccurate and easy to game.
- xsmasher 5y agoA decade earlier, this story at Apple https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...
- croes 5y agoMaybe that's the reason why programmer using spaces instead of tabs earn more money. They get payed by file size