Screw it, they’re on to us

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How much code does one developer write a day? The last question to answer is; how much code are these people writing? That question is by far the most difficult one to answer concretely. As such, we will need to settle on a number or range that feels reasonable. The dirty truth is that many developers are not actually writing code all day. Rather, they are copypasting code off of the Internet and then adjusting it to suit their needs. Do we count this reality into our calculation? As with the Syntactic Elements argument before, I would say the answer is "Yes." The programmer had to read, interpret, and adjust the copied code to work the way they needed.