[CuriouslyC]

The lines of code thing isn't because we think it's a good metric, but because we have literally no good metric and we're trying to communicate a velocity difference. If you invent a new metric that doesn't have LoC's problems while being as easy to use, you'll be a household name in software engineering in short order.

Also, AI is better at reading code than writing it, but the overhead to FIND code is real.