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by itsmeste 845 days ago
Context matters, and businesses all have their own contexts. But in general, what you refer to as "0.1x developer" is what generally is understood as the "10x developer", and your description of the "10x developer" feels more like overconfident and unguided jr-mid level devs.

It's easy to step into the trap of thinking lines of code written, or amount of commits pushed are a benchmark for a dev's productivity. Reality is, the greatest devs build a stable product that leaves everyone's pager silent even on peak usage, lets new contributors be productive quickly, and cause no blockages along it's development.