In hindsight thinking that LOC was the objective to be minimized in the name of simplicity should have been a red flag.
11:22 AM · Jun 27, 2026 · 6.3K Views
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Users defend minimizing lines of code as one of the best general heuristics and proxies available even without domain knowledge.
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Aidan Clark@_aidan_clark_
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Aidan Clark@_aidan_clark_
In hindsight thinking that LOC was the objective to be minimized in the name of simplicity should have been a red flag.
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Dylan Bowman@dylanbowmanSF
@_aidan_clark_ It’s still a good heuristic imo
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Ben@SiliconNoodle
@_aidan_clark_ I don't think any good developer thought that. All else being equal less code is better, but primary concern more about things like orthogonality of components, simplicity/synergy of interfaces, etc.
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isaac 🧩@isaacbmiller1
@dylanbowmanSF @_aidan_clark_ I find it’s one of the best proxies I have in ~isolation of any domain specific knowledge I have abt the problem
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Rubi Hudson@undo_hubris
@_aidan_clark_ Now we know better, that the true objective to be maximized is tokens used
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