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This is terrible advice. I've had teammates with impressive velocity and loc/day, but code quality so low they destroyed the codebase in weeks. "When a measure
by arnaudsm 3y ago
This is terrible advice. I've had teammates with impressive velocity and loc/day, but code quality so low they destroyed the codebase in weeks.
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
- alexk307 3y agoSame. Most technical debt is caused by folks with “impressive velocity” in my experience. If any prospective employer tells you that they are measuring your lines of code written, run. They’re too lazy and cost driven to have understand.