> Bugs are reduced by monitoring, testing, and reducing how much code there is so there's less surface area (which also makes monitoring and testing easier). >

> Bugs are reduced by monitoring, testing, and reducing how much code there is so there's less surface area (which also makes monitoring and testing easier). > > You reduce code by refactoring. This is a great point. I wonder if there's a study on bugs-per-line-of-code, how this changes across project sizes, and whether refactoring changes bugs-per-line-of-code.