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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/linux_mclinuxface/statuses/113759299955279821">Kyle Davis (linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 23:46:18 JST</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linux_mclinuxface" title="linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/110914-48-20250521044222.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Kyle Davis" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Kyle Davis</a><div><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/113759278054786047" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias">@dalias</a> I've heard bonkers stories of people selecting dependencies based on number of stars.That should alarm basically anyone.</p><p>OTOH: there is a disease of being data driven to the point that bigco leadership people can't operate without a number that indicates up-and-to-the-right. Consequently, they latch their jaws into anything that looks like that type of metric. Then people start playing games...</p><p>No metrics is a _feature_ of OSS, not a bug.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4300507#notice-8406971">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-02T23:46:18+09:00" title="Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 23:46:18 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linux_mclinuxface/113759299955279821" rel="external" title="Sent from fosstodon.org via ActivityPub">fosstodon.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linux_mclinuxface/113759299955279821">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Kyle Davis (linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 23:46:18 JSTKyle Davis
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@dalias I've heard bonkers stories of people selecting dependencies based on number of stars.That should alarm basically anyone.
OTOH: there is a disease of being data driven to the point that bigco leadership people can't operate without a number that indicates up-and-to-the-right. Consequently, they latch their jaws into anything that looks like that type of metric. Then people start playing games...
No metrics is a _feature_ of OSS, not a bug.
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