We can't even know if these messages are authentic or not. Other than that, I agree on a bad day I might pump out only 100 lines, but on a good day it can be 1

We can't even know if these messages are authentic or not. Other than that, I agree on a bad day I might pump out only 100 lines, but on a good day it can be 1,000-2,000 lines. LoC isn't really a good metric by itself, because as every great hacker knows: Hours of planning can save days or even weeks of programming. Understanding the problem domain is vertically essential.