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A comment on Tell HN: The loneliness of a pretty good developer. Parent comment
This is normal. The thing that affects the team the most in this case is the complexity of the code base.
A lot of comments are blaming speed for a supposed lack of sophistication, excessive duplication or disorganisation of the code.
But sometimes a developer can be fast is due to someone not introducing unnecessary complexity in the codebase.
A fast developer is not necessarily a 10x developer, but it also isn't making a mess.
Most of the cases of unmanageable code were made by developers with a lot of time and planning on their hands.
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This is normal. The thing that affects the team the most in this case is the complexity of the code base.
A lot of comments are blaming speed for a supposed lack of sophistication, excessive duplication or disorganisation of the code.
But sometimes a developer can be fast is due to someone not introducing unnecessary complexity in the codebase.
A fast developer is not necessarily a 10x developer, but it also isn't making a mess.
Most of the cases of unmanageable code were made by developers with a lot of time and planning on their hands.