Even the linux kernel doesn't need millions of lines of code; most of the actual LOC is device drivers, and you don't need all of them, you just need the ones for the devices you have.
replyAnd Linux maintainers are actively pushing to radically cut down on the LOC by eliminating drivers etc.
replyAs a point of reference, 1MLOC is about the size of the entire Python standard library including tests, as well as stuff like IDLE. (Well, the Python part of the code. There's about half that much again of C in Modules/ .)
replyYeah I cannot see how "we shipped 1 million lines of code in three weeks" is... something to be proud of haha
replyThey directly address routine code cleanup and regularly paying down technical debt near the end of the article.
replyI stand corrected, but the LOC being advertised still make me doubt the efficacy of their process.
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