slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Like, there's clearly *some* effect. Faster cycle times matter. Faster build boxes are better, etc. etc.
But there's no shared terminology, no metric, and no empirical basis to believe this effect is more powerful than many other effects (better test collateral, safer languages, better product organisation, etc. etc.)
But to hear the proponents sell it, this effect should be visible from space! It should overpower even terrible management...has it? Seems not.