AI hasn't yet "ended the fight" but it has definitely changed the discussion. I think the number of pull requests and the cost per pull request is a useful metric. Obviously it's not perfect and it's subject to gaming, but it is easy to measure and carries some signal.
If AI can evaluate the value or impact of each change that could add another data point so that trivial and easy PRs don't carry the same weight as large complex ones.
At the end of the day it's about whether or not the software is meeting business needs and that's always been hard to measure and still is.
AI hasn't yet "ended the fight" but it has definitely changed the discussion. I think the number of pull requests and the cost per pull request is a useful metric. Obviously it's not perfect and it's subject to gaming, but it is easy to measure and carries some signal.
If AI can evaluate the value or impact of each change that could add another data point so that trivial and easy PRs don't carry the same weight as large complex ones.
At the end of the day it's about whether or not the software is meeting business needs and that's always been hard to measure and still is.
And apparently it also replaced bloggers...