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		andyjsong on Jan 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Worst practices are viral for the wrong reasons (2... Isn't generating a ton of LOC considered bad practice? If my pull request is over 1K LOC, most likely my review will take longer, increase cycle time, and be more bug prone?

vikingerik on Jan 27, 2022 [–]

Exactly - his point is that more LOC is more visible and more likely to exert influence, even if less LOC is structurally better.

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