[grandempire]

> one single person took care of the coding from DevOps to frontend/backend, deployment, testing, and all other coding required beyond "key functionality"?

I didn’t say that. Read it again.

It’s not even the same person every time, people trade off being that key person.

> I think it says more about the size of the project and the complexity of the task

You have no idea. Please address the ideas rather than making personal assumptions.

[whatnow37373]

Humans tend to have pyramidal power structures, because of [reasons]. I don't see how this relates to the topic?

> It’s not even the same person every time, people trade off being that key person.

So it's the role that delivers software? I think I agree with that. Even so, that role cannot function without its support system (the team).