How Microsoft Stopped Measuring Code Churn

Episode 199 dives into the controversial shift in engineering metrics at Microsoft, where leadership moved away from counting lines of code and commit frequency toward measuring actual business value delivered. We explore why 'code churn' became a vanity metric that masked inefficiency, how Azure team leads redefined success using deployment stability and customer retention rates instead, and what this means for your career if your manager still asks for weekly pull request counts. This is the behind-the-scenes look at how one of the world's largest tech companies stopped lying to itself about productivity. #EngineeringMetrics #CodeChurn #MicrosoftCulture #DevOpsTransformation #AgileAntiPatterns #TechLeadership #SoftwareEngineering #ProductivityMyths #AzureDevelopment #GitMetrics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechCareers #ManagerTips #RemoteWorkTools #SprintPlanning #CodeReviewProcess #TechTrends2026 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo