Re:How I'm Productive with Claude Code
by jonahx on Monday March 23, 2026 @07:12PM
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> Lines of code are meaningful when taken in aggregate
The linked article does not demonstrate this. It establishes no causal link. One can obviously bloat LOC to an arbitrary degree while maintaining feature parity. Very generously, assuming good faith participants, it might reflect a kind average human efficiency within the fixed environment of the time.
Carrying the conclusions of this study from the 80s into the LLM age is not justified scientifically.
The linked article does not demonstrate this. It establishes no causal link. One can obviously bloat LOC to an arbitrary degree while maintaining feature parity. Very generously, assuming good faith participants, it might reflect a kind average human efficiency within the fixed environment of the time.
Carrying the conclusions of this study from the 80s into the LLM age is not justified scientifically.