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Re:1x Programming by astrange on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:34PM (#31078495)
10x implies there should be an opposite of a 10x, but it's unclear if that'd be a negative number or a 0.1x.
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Re:1x Programming by imron on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:00PM (#31078677)
> but it's unclear if that'd be a negative number or a 0.1x

A negative number. A 0.1x programmer gets work done acceptably but is slow.

A negative programmer on the other hand creates more work for other people to fix, and you’d be better off not having them touch the code at all.

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