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Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size... by adamtaylor_13 on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @05:01PM (#48041777)
We have zero Honeybadger errors, performance is acceptable for all our routes in the application, and all of our key stakeholders are ecstatic about what we've built.

Is there some other metric I should be measuring our code by?

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Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size... by mdavid626 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:42AM (#48105375)
What about the actual users?

If this works for you, go ahead, I can't stop you.

But this is not software craftsmanship, or even software engineering. Don't act like it is.

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Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size... by adamtaylor_13 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:22PM (#48113141)
Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear—we write business software. The "key stakeholders" are the users. And they're ecstatic. They love what we're building.

I'd actually say it's both craftsmanship and engineering. :)

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