I blame the software methodologies for this. And the dogmatic LoC per reported hour.
Imagine a hacker saying: i need 5 story points to figure out for the REST API how the bootloader works.
I've been in Agile shops since 2008, and it's the first time I'm hearing about a LoC/hour metric. Must be some sick sweatshop with micromanagers mimicking being "Agile".