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> But there are not marathon runners who run 10x faster than other professional marathon runners. It’s true that they don’t run 10 times as fast, but the marat
by lixtra 5y ago
> But there are not marathon runners who run 10x faster than other professional marathon runners.
It’s true that they don’t run 10 times as fast, but the marathon runner that is 1% faster will finish 10x more races before the slower one (YMMV depending on stdev).
Similar in software development, picking a 1% better local solution often enough can make the global result 10x better due to the complexity of the systems.
- Humdeee 5y agoThis example holds true imo. There is a world of difference between a 2:10 marathoner and a 2:30 marathoner. Same as a 4 min miler and a 4:30 miler, etc. Because of diminishing returns, improvement can still be seen as potentially some kind of multiple in many skillsets.
- Taylor_OD 5y agoSo 1x devs exist? I agree.