[andai]

Obligatory:

Negative 2000 Lines of Code

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44381252

[syntheticnature]

Versus my sibling comment to yours, I actually sent that to some internal folks after the bit about AI+total lines committed was said.

[s1ngular1ties]

I’m surprised that lines removed isn’t something your bosses at the time weren’t also advocating for, TBH. I don’t blame you for looking around.

[dijksterhuis]

was there any kind of response or reaction to that? it’s something i would have done and probably wouldn’t have gone well. xD

[syntheticnature]

I didn't send it very high up the chain (and was looking for a job at the time anyhow) but mostly got back snickers from peers and an "I know, but this is a directive from above"

[jimbokun]

Timeless classic.