Confirmed: Code Coverage Is a Useless Management Metric

Discover the simple proof that dismantles the code coverage metric

David Rodenas PhD
Better Programming
Published in
12 min readJul 8, 2023

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There is a strong belief that code coverage is a strong metric to measure the quality of a software product, a belief that’s been shared without question among tech leaders for many years. Its rationale seems sound on the surface: the more thorough the…

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