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Schrodinger's project management: developers are measurable as long as they don't know they are being measured.

You might be joking but it actually has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Well, your idea is probably closer to the Marilyn Strathern definition.

Better play it safe and commit more often.

I used to 'craft' commits but more frequent WIPs is what the people (who write the checks) want to see.