> I followed this thread for a while and I've a question. What is an > average number of "good" sloc a developer can produce daily? > I know it depends on language, developer skill etc. but you, with your > experience, how many good sloc will write today? Today so far I deleted more than I wrote. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/140866 Why pushing unreasonable deadline is bad - http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.TimOttinger.SoonerNotFaster Software is about discovery - http://jasonfurnell.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/jeff-patton-on-lean-product-discovery-when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-jeff/ Improving Happiness at Work: Positive Practices and the Power of the Positive Question - http://www.michelemmartin.com/thebambooprojectblog/2011/06/improving-happiness-at-work-positive-practices-and-the-power-of-the-positive-question.html Some tip to improve productivity - http://www.beabetterdeveloper.com/2013/10/boost-up-your-development-speed.html 20 Things Developers Should Stop Saying - https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/905ad07ef7fd http://www.inside.com.tw/2013/09/27/20-things-developers-should-stop-saying Why deadline is useful? It help focusing on a small target - http://wired.tw/2013/12/16/%E3%80%90mr-jamie%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84%E3%80%91%E5%89%B5%E6%A5%AD-ceo%EF%BC%9A%E6%9C%9F%E9%99%90%E7%9A%84%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F/index.html The golden cycle of sustainable management, and why we doesn't able to achieve that - http://www.refactoringideas.com/the-golden-broken-management-approach/ Caffeine is a Zero-Sum Game - https://alexsexton.com/blog/2014/1/the-productivity-cycle/ http://www.inside.com.tw/2014/05/06/7-things-you-need-to-stop-doing-to-be-more-productive Individual productivity is about increasing focus, frequent feedback, and reducing friction - https://jchyip.medium.com/individual-productivity-is-about-increased-focus-frequent-feedback-and-reducing-friction-61d7759b9139 In 1911, a genius revealed a forgotten science of how to be 50x more productive without working more hours - https://medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/in-1911-an-influential-expert-revealed-a-forgotten-science-of-how-to-be-50x-more-productive-8828f86eb1c9 https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*Q0-6pgSzrDavekXnL-yHSg.png