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They define it in the second sentence as "trading code quality for time-to-market and new features". Section 2 defines code quality ("This section defines the m
by Domenic_S 4y ago
They define it in the second sentence as "trading code quality for time-to-market and new features". Section 2 defines code quality ("This section
defines the metrics for code quality"), which is helpfully (/s) measured by the tool they sell.
- rileymat2 4y agoAssuming that they ran the experiment in earnest, doesn't that strongly indicate that whatever code quality metrics in their product target are a pretty good signal? (Until people target those metrics)
- reedlaw 4y agoQuite right. Thus they implicitly equate poor quality code with technical debt. This makes the metaphor unsuited to a proper aversion to poor quality code. If it's simply debt it can be paid off later with a small amount of interest. Such a conclusion is contrary to the one the paper is trying to put forth.