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Guard against vanity metrics

Take "Guard against vanity metrics" step by step, then finish with the result that proves it worked.

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Guard against vanity metrics

Tab-accepts, suggestions shown, lines of AI code - these feel good and prove nothing about value. Tie the case to outcome metrics: cycle time, time-to-first-commit, review hours, escaped defects, migration cost. If a metric can go up while nothing ships faster, it's vanity.