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The “10x developer” may just be running on caffeine

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The industry myth of the super-coder who purportedly does the work of ten people is usually just a guy who refuses to sleep, heavily relies on energy drinks, and writes completely unreadable, undocumented spaghetti code.

The “10x developer” may just be running on caffeine
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