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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Percentage of lines covered by tests is such a terrible metric.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

All metrics are terrible when used for anything other than objective analysis

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, every metric that can be applied automatically ends up becoming useless if people are incentivized to break it

[-] Fontasia@feddit.nl 9 points 4 months ago

Relevant xkcd

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

There's always one. Thanks for finding it ❤️

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