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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

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

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Fontasia@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

Relevant xkcd

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

There's always one. Thanks for finding it ❤️

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