Re:The most unethical thing I was asked to build while worki...
by tanseydavid on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:49PM
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# of lines of codes is a super-valuable metric when used relatively to compare two different things in software.
For example, I worked a .NET project with a central form that had close to 30K lines of code. This was 10x in comparison with anything else in the app. This is clearly a "whale" of a problem.
The lines-of-code comparison made it much easier for non-technical staff to now understand why this "one form" (really dozen of different functions contained in a single form) was troublesome in terms of fixes, enhancements etc. and also why no one wanted to touch it.
For example, I worked a .NET project with a central form that had close to 30K lines of code. This was 10x in comparison with anything else in the app. This is clearly a "whale" of a problem.
The lines-of-code comparison made it much easier for non-technical staff to now understand why this "one form" (really dozen of different functions contained in a single form) was troublesome in terms of fixes, enhancements etc. and also why no one wanted to touch it.