The whole notion of points and velocity is based on the presumption that you can't make stories smaller. I reject that. I've never met a story that couldn't be made smaller by reducing scope. Make them all 1 point. Then just count.
@zeorin @allenholub @totheralistair #laminating does reflect the building aspect better than #slicing. Thanks for pointing to that discussion https://web.archive.org/web/20170621090707/http://alistair.cockburn.us/Laminating+not+slicing