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submitted 3 months ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Relevant xkcd

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

There's always one. Thanks for finding it ❤️