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mnutt on July 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Khan Academy Exercise Framework Is Live

I assume that is referring to Paul Graham's assertion that a good developer isn't just a little better than an average developer, but is instead orders of magnitude better.

asg on July 29, 2011 [–]

This assertion (among many other gems) was originally stated in the Mythical Man Month, by Fred Brooks, published in 1975.

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