Quantity of commits might only be meaningful if SLoC is also considered - five small, atomic commits that took an hour will look like "more" than a single, larger atomic commit that took a couple of days of deep thought and that touches many parts of the system.
I wonder if the "virtuous cycle" also has a bit of a "closing off" effect to others. In other words, if someone is prolific, and their mind is the source of a great deal of the code, there could be an effect where everyone else must play "catch-up". I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but it may create a re-enforcing loop of familiarity/productivity that is hard to compete with.
Quantity of commits might only be meaningful if SLoC is also considered - five small, atomic commits that took an hour will look like "more" than a single, larger atomic commit that took a couple of days of deep thought and that touches many parts of the system.
I wonder if the "virtuous cycle" also has a bit of a "closing off" effect to others. In other words, if someone is prolific, and their mind is the source of a great deal of the code, there could be an effect where everyone else must play "catch-up". I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but it may create a re-enforcing loop of familiarity/productivity that is hard to compete with.
Very well put! Thank you for the bitesized summary.