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Code quality: measuring the business impact of unhealthy code

by john-shaffer on 3/16/22, 11:39 PM with 13 comments

• by WisemenSE on 3/17/22, 1:55 PM

  Good read. I would especially want to know more about the unpredictability of the red code/unhealthy code. The difference between healthy code and red code regarding implementation time is astonishing.

• by mjthdev on 3/17/22, 2:02 PM

  Thanks @john-shaffer for sharing! Probably the best findings I’ve seen that actually tries to puts a number on some Dora metrics.

• by JonChesterfield on 3/17/22, 1:00 AM

  This appears to be selling a static analysis tool that rates code on a 1 to 10 scale on a few axes where the assessment criteria are opaque. So on the face of it that's not something developers are going to like.

  @john-shaffer if this is your tool can you provide a link to how the various metrics are computed?

  edit: FAQ doesn't include the above. It does say the tool requires write access to GitHub repos it analyses.

• by buff_dev on 3/17/22, 1:55 PM

  This is also valuable information when planning implementation of new features. To also address code quality and risks.

• by mimosa_pudica on 3/17/22, 1:50 PM

  Nice to read – this sheds a new light on to why and how to tackle technical debt.

• by Collent on 3/17/22, 1:55 PM

  Good to read!