[nekooooo]

i'm a designer and even i know not to measure 'lines of code' as meaningful output or impact. are we really doing this?

[dakshgupta]

We expressly did not conclude that more lines = better. You could easily argue more lines = worse. All we wanted to show is that there are more lines.

[poliphili]

Language like "productivity gains", "output" and "force multiplier" isn't neutral like you're claiming here, and does imply that the line count metric indicates value being delivered for the business.

[rsynnott]

> Lines of code per developer grew from 4,450 to 7,839 as AI coding tools act as a force multiplier.

I mean, come on, now. "Force multiplier" is hardly ambiguous.

We have known that this is a useless way to measure productivity since before most people on this site were born.