These things are vanity metrics. > Lines of code (not just in main but in branches) IMO, the best devs can end up with negative LOCs per measurement period. N

These things are vanity metrics. > Lines of code (not just in main but in branches) IMO, the best devs can end up with negative LOCs per measurement period. Neophytes will never have negative LOCs. Mediocre devs who copy and paste a lot can have really high LOCs. > lines of documentation written And the more documentation you have the more out of sync it is with reality.