[geekjock]

"Lines of code is a much better proxy than reported productivity."

Researchers who specialize in this field largely disagree with this. Here's a round-up: https://getdx.com/blog/measuring-developer-activity/

[marcosdumay]

You noticed that those quotes are almost all about metrics for rewarding or punishing developers, right?

[esafak]

The point of collecting data is to act on it.