>The 10X meme is both too extreme, by implying that Fabrice Bellard [4] could kick out simple crud tasks at 10X the speed I do, and not extreme enough, suggesting that I could build ffmpeg and qemu the same as Fabrice if I was just given more time.
> [4] Fabrice has created so many amazing pieces of software
The sheer diversity of different fields in which Fabrice has written top notch software undermines the author’s point that 10x developers only exist as specialists. And yes, I think Fabrice would be 10x as productive at boring CRUD work, by finding some clever way to automate it.
> [4] Fabrice has created so many amazing pieces of software
The sheer diversity of different fields in which Fabrice has written top notch software undermines the author’s point that 10x developers only exist as specialists. And yes, I think Fabrice would be 10x as productive at boring CRUD work, by finding some clever way to automate it.