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If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem - you have bigger problems
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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
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What's in this article is true, but to be honest I've never seen anyone using lines of code as an optimization metric. Even among the most AI enthusiastic people. I mean: the author of the article seem to be fighting non-existing problem.
It's all I see slop enthusiasts go off of
This. Managers with no coding experience love this.
Prime example: microslop