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>I am a developer, but only a 1X developer.

I've had the misfortune of working with a few 1x devs over the years. You would never encounter them on HN.

Or were they 0.1x?

I'm pretty sure I've encountered -1x devs as well, who contribute little and suck time from the rest of the team.

According to this article, a 1x developer is the least productive developer. So logically there's no such thing as a <1x developer.