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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Nov 2016

    Proposal: The vitality of an organization is proportionate to the percentage of their code they delete each year.

    10:06 AM - 28 Nov 2016
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    • Tim Schnell Rick_Mason Vatsal Bajpai miguel rodriguez B G KRISHNA Griffin Michl Eldritch NPE Jon Khaykin 💻 LUKAS NAUGLE 🐐
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      1. Tim Schnell‏ @timductive 28 Nov 2016
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        true, but at some point it reverses course as you approach 100%

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      1. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter 28 Nov 2016
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        same for countries and legal code?

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      1. SV‏ @y_vw 28 Nov 2016
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        Counter: ... is proportionate to the percentage of code they don't have to delete each year.

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      2. Damien Ryan‏ @djryan 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @SatpalChander Wherever @garrybodsworth is must be the most vital company in the world.

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      3. Satpal Chander‏ @SatpalChander 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @djryan @paulg @garrybodsworth

        I guess selling with @yagro in agriculture is all about vitality :)

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      4. Damien Ryan‏ @djryan 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @SatpalChander @paulg @garrybodsworth

        Don't get more vital than potatoes.

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      5. Satpal Chander‏ @SatpalChander 28 Nov 2016
        Replying to @djryan @paulg @garrybodsworth

        Or them lovely #Norfolk sugar beats

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      6. Damien Ryan‏ @djryan 28 Nov 2016
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        pic.twitter.com/hXM1YHLNqB

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      1. Padraig MacAdhastair‏ @PadraigMacA 28 Nov 2016
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        Ditto for governments with laws/regulations.

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      1. Martin Bonamico‏ @tin_bonamico 29 Nov 2016
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        @patriciorocca

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      1. Andrei Popovici‏ @andreipopovici 28 Nov 2016
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        Gods help the org that reaches 100% vitality year after year...

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      1. rawb‏ @robertnessler 28 Nov 2016
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        what if you don't have any code?

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      1. Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarría‏ @aldamiz 28 Nov 2016
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        cc @pedrotgimenez for you with lots of 💖💖💖

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      1. Jono Bacon‏Verified account @jonobacon 29 Nov 2016
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        there is no way this be realistically mapped to quality, vitality, or removal of technical debt. Code and org varies too much.

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      1. Puneet Goyal‏ @pungoyal 28 Nov 2016
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        (additions-deletions) on GitHub is a great metric to measure developer effectiveness too. #lowerthebetter

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      1. Moe Abbas‏ @realmoeabbas 28 Nov 2016
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        startups would kill this since they work and rework code constantly.

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      1. Stephan Saalfeld‏ @herrsaalfeld 28 Nov 2016
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        or bad code problem. Generally agree though.

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      1. Bobby Calderwood‏ @bobbycalderwood 28 Nov 2016
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        @mtnygard this from @paulg dovetails nicely with "code as inventory", no?

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