Comment by timacles

Pretty much every example in this thread is "I forked some existing project and made changes I like".

The main thing they dont realize is: 1. These are mostly superficial changes. 2. The only thing they 10xed is their ability to "start" on something. 3. They have not produced actual value. Their project/fork is just a version they think they prefer. But It is less maintainable, and less robust/useful for others due to its specificity.

My observations is that consistently these arguments are made by: inexperienced devs who simply dont understand what it takes to produce value in the real world.

LLMs CAN 10x you (in very specific areas like prototyping), IF you understand how to deliver this value, but that is the hard part. It has always been the hard part.