The Case For Using Lines of Code In Metrics

Are you nuts?

John Hartley

Oct 10, 2022

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Are you nuts?

Slaps Hand. TOO MANY LINES! — Photo by Danial Igdery on Unsplash

Maybe, but let’s dive a bit further and see where we end up!

The History of Lines of Code and Goodhart’s Law

Early in any programmer’s career journey they hear some variation of the Bill Atkinson at Apple story. Essentially he had a major win for QuickDraw back in 1982 by removin…

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The Case For Using Lines of Code In Metrics

Are you nuts?

The History of Lines of Code and Goodhart’s Law

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