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i'm a designer and even i know not to measure 'lines of code' as meaningful output or impact. are we really doing this?

• dakshgupta 10mo ago
  We expressly did not conclude that more lines = better. You could easily argue more lines = worse. All we wanted to show is that there are more lines.
  • poliphili 10mo ago
    Language like "productivity gains", "output" and "force multiplier" isn't neutral like you're claiming here, and does imply that the line count metric indicates value being delivered for the business.
  • rsynnott 10mo ago
    > Lines of code per developer grew from 4,450 to 7,839 as AI coding tools act as a force multiplier. I mean, come on, now. "Force multiplier" is hardly ambiguous. We have known that this is a useless way to measure productivity since before most people on this site were born.