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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by ALotOfBees on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:11PM (#29581578)
1k lines per week sounds like quite a lot. I'm a dev whose role is mainly supporting legacy systems and sometimes I write probably ~50 lines in a week and feel incredibly productive due to the issues I've resolved.
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by countvonbalzac on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:21PM (#29581723)
50 lines on a legacy system is much harder to write than the equivalent just jamming out new stuff. Also it's hard to compare lines cause it's not a language agnostic measure.
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by penjelly on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:29PM (#29581853)
agreed on both counts.
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by penjelly on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:17PM (#29581670)
to clarify, my post says 1k every 2 weeks, not per week.
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