> As for the people who want to find a metric as simple as lines of code, I can't imagine we ever find something that will satisfy them
The problem with these people is that they're "satisfied" with the illusion of certainty, until things blow up. We agree on the fundamentals re measurement, but you have to watch out for that effect. Every metric is a chance for someone to implicitly decide that it's the ultimate truth of reality.
The problem with these people is that they're "satisfied" with the illusion of certainty, until things blow up. We agree on the fundamentals re measurement, but you have to watch out for that effect. Every metric is a chance for someone to implicitly decide that it's the ultimate truth of reality.