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I'm actually shocked at the downvotes. The previous post was discussing the problem of all the layers of abstractions, and I was pointing out that a "10x progr
by fouc 7y ago
I'm actually shocked at the downvotes. The previous post was discussing the problem of all the layers of abstractions, and I was pointing out that a "10x programmer" could be getting 10x results by finding ways around those abstractions.
- octocode 7y agoProbably because HN is mostly frequented by programmers, and not managers or "startup entrepreneurs" who throw around terms like "10x programmer" as if it's a thing that actually exists, and not a harmful concept that at best promotes gatekeeping and at worst promotes egotists who believe that their sloppy shortcuts won't have to be cleaned up by everyone else when they inevitably fail.
- fouc 7y agoI thought I originally heard about the 10x programmer thing from some of Chuck Moore's talks on Forth. So I went to re-find this article. But as it turns out he was arguing against 10x complexity and advocating avoiding abstractions with "1x" coding. http://www.ultratechnology.com/1xforth.htm http://www.ultratechnology.com/1xforth.htm