"value":"\n <p>When running commands like <code>git log<\/code> or viewing pull requests, you can see the number of lines that have been added, edited or removed.<\/p>\n\n<p>When adding new features, it's likely you'll be adding code.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you're refactoring code, you may have less code than before.<\/p>\n\n<p>I like commits like this.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's not true that having fewer lines of code means the code is better, but having less code makes it easier to maintain and more secure.<\/p>\n\n<p>You don't need to upgrade and maintain code that you aren't using, so why not remove it?<\/p>\n\n<p>Why have old TODO comments, <code>dd()<\/code>, <code>var_dump()<\/code> or <code>console.log()<\/code> functions in the code?<\/p>\n\n<p>If they're not used, they can be removed.<\/p>\n\n<p>I recently read a post that suggested there were 5 to 10 bugs in each 1,000 lines of production code as a general rule, so the less code there is, the fewer places there are for bugs to hide.<\/p>\n\n<p>In general, for production code, less is more.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>When running commands like <code>git log<\/code> or viewing pull requests, you can see the number of lines that have been added, edited or removed.<\/p>\n\n<p>When adding new features, it's likely you'll be adding code.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you're refactoring code, you may have less code than before.<\/p>\n\n<p>I like commits like this.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's not true that having fewer lines of code means the code is better, but having less code makes it easier to maintain and more secure.<\/p>\n\n<p>You don't need to upgrade and maintain code that you aren't using, so why not remove it?<\/p>\n\n<p>Why have old TODO comments, <code>dd()<\/code>, <code>var_dump()<\/code> or <code>console.log()<\/code> functions in the code?<\/p>\n\n<p>If they're not used, they can be removed.<\/p>\n\n<p>I recently read a post that suggested there were 5 to 10 bugs in each 1,000 lines of production code as a general rule, so the less code there is, the fewer places there are for bugs to hide.<\/p>\n\n<p>In general, for production code, less is more.<\/p>\n\n ",