Nobody in the world has written less code than me. Find a fisherman in the Yucatan who's never seen a computer. At 0 lines of code, he's "written" more code than I have!
My code count is decidedly negative because my advice to executives has led to the retirement of, or prevented the creation of, thousands of lines of code.
The key to innovation, especially in the Age of AI, is about what you don't do. Software is an asset. Lines of code are a liability. You want to maximize the value of the former, while minimizing the latter.
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