...only this time, in reference to the average number of lines of code each programmer on a particular team should be responsible for supporting/maintaining. Because of all the variables involved, I ...

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Code pours from Feross Aboukhadijeh’s fingers. As a devotee of the open source software movement, he has written immensely popular web apps, peer-to-peer file exchanges, and more than 100 other pieces ...

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