WTF per Minute

Definitions

1. A tongue-in-cheek code quality metric, originating from a famous cartoon by Thom Holwerda, that measures how many times a reviewer exclaims "WTF" while reading code — with fewer WTFs indicating cleaner, more readable code.

   In plain English: A humorous way of measuring how confusing code is by counting how often a reader gets frustrated or baffled.

   Example: "I hit about 14 WTFs per minute reading that service class. We need to refactor before onboarding anyone new."

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