HACKER Q&A
📣 okayVGA

How many LOC are you personally responsible for?


Question came up through complaining that I don't have enough shared responsibility with code I maintain. For how many LOC does the buck stop with you? I'm at 33,000 that I maintain daily and have zero support for (let alone documentation). It feels big but I've no idea how others compare.



👤 detaro
I don't think LOC is a good measure for that, too many variables that change the effort required for same-length pieces of code: How complex is the code? How much does it change?

And when comparing between people, what does "maintain" entail?