It’s pretty common for me to deliver a feature while removing more lines than I added in React. Just so many useless useEffects and states and divs. The caveat is I have to be allowed to refactor related code.

I find it’s less common for me in ruby, even refactoring bad ruby. Sure I can remove lines but bad JS/React balloons so fast.

My current org values this and my direct boss constantly praises those of us that try to remove more lines than we add. Very refreshing.