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A comment on Code Inflation [pdf].

Re:Code Inflation [pdf] by roneesh on Friday April 17, 2015 @05:24PM (#9397277)
A good and informative read. While I'm new to programming, I have began to judge my productivity in terms of lines of code I remove, not add to a project.
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Re:Code Inflation [pdf] by akkartik on Friday April 17, 2015 @06:26PM (#9397533)
Awesome. You're following in some big footsteps: http://akkartik.name/post/28672493
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Re:Code Inflation [pdf] by proksoup on Friday April 17, 2015 @05:36PM (#9397330)
If all programmers did what you are doing, we would not have the problems we do.

I hope someone gives you a medal and merit badge and a cookie.

[1] have begun

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Re:Code Inflation [pdf] by icebraining on Friday April 17, 2015 @06:51PM (#9397632)
Agreed; I now always run a minifier before committing.
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Re:Code Inflation [pdf] by hueving on Friday April 17, 2015 @07:29PM (#9397761)
Not sure if sarcastic...

Reducing lines doesn't matter. Reducing logic is what matters.

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