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502 points xeonmc | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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rossant ◴[26 Jun 25 09:45 UTC] No.44385749[source]▶
I think lines of code could be an interesting and valuable metric.

If the lower (negative) score, the better (given a fixed set of features).

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

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1. sixthDot ◴[26 Jun 25 13:50 UTC] No.44387419[source]▶
Halstead complexity ([0]) might interest you. It's a semi-secret sauce based on the count of operators and operands that tells you if your function is "shitty".

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halstead_complexity_measures