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Don't know much about Sandstorm but I agree with the statements. The best software is often written by one person. It may defy common sense but I have seen th
by micro_softy 10y ago
Don't know much about Sandstorm but I agree with the statements.
The best software is often written by one person.
It may defy common sense but I have seen this happen again and again.
I like relatively small, open source software I can edit if I so choose.
- pluma 10y agoI'd like to modify that claim: One person can be enough to create an outstanding product. There are stories of solo developers creating awesome products on their own, but there are far more stories of solo developers failing to ever come close to a finished product at all. Betting on a solo developer is high-risk, high-reward. Even if the developer is unreasonably talented in every aspect (i.e. great programmer, great designer, great marketer, etc) it can still be a matter of how far they can go without exhausting themself. A larger team of less skilled developers OTOH may still be good enough to deliver a finished product. Plus, even if each developer is less skilled at most aspects individually, their strengths can add up and easily surpass that of an extraordinarily talented individual. The reason you hear about excellent solo devs winning all the time is that you don't hear about the millions of solo devs failing. It's plain old survivor bias. Teams may hold back extreme outliers but they empower everybody else and drastically increase the chance of actually delivering.
- diggan 10y agoWell, you're talking about two different things. The comment you're replying to, is talking about software, while you're talking about products.
- pluma 10y agoI'm talking about "products" in the general sense. Software is a product. Even when developing an open source library there's more to it than just writing code.