How does the 10x coder overcome configuration headaches?
moe: If the legend of the mythical coder who is 10 times faster than average were true, this person would have to overcome the same set of challenges. But how can a one do this 10 times faster than his colleagues?I am a 10x coder, although I prefer when people just refer to me as someone who gets stuff done.The answer to your question is simple: Yes, we are faster because we overcome these challenges, because we are as much sysadmins as we are developers.The secret sauce is to realize that the world does not end at the borders of your VM.If you refuse to acknowledge that your webapp needs an operating system, a webserver, a cache and a database to operate and if you push the lowly "grunt-work" of setting these up to someone else then you'll never be a 10x developer. Because in that case you're depriving yourself of acquiring the magic systems knowledge that leads to all the little "ah, this could be easier"-moments.