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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by stocksinsmocks on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @10:44AM (#46206166)
Nobody had a robust, empirical metric of programmer productivity. Nobody. Ticket count, function points, LoC, and others tell you nothing about the fitness of the product. It’s all feels.
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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by mrwrong on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @10:55AM (#46206333)
ok, but there's a spectrum between fully reproducible empirical evidence and divine revelation. I'm not convinced it's impossible to measure productivity in a meaningful way, even if it isn't perfect. it at least seems better to try than... whatever this is
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