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Better on every axis: security, performance, resource consumption, reliability, verification, documentation...

Code is a pure liability that you accept to get a useful service.

exactly..which is also why lines of code written is one of if not the worst possible metric of productivity. easy to game too.

I marked my transition to senior engineer when my net lines of code flipped to negative.

Not that I game that obviously, it just occurred naturally for a ~4 month period

> Better on every axis...

How 'bout job security?

Anyone can write no code.

But it takes a master to not write the write piece.