alt Hacker NewsI was referring to the sentence: I'm getting about 2-4x the value and about 10x the output... the "value" is features landing in code and the difference to the 10x is documentation and testing.
What does the 10x imply?
And are you saying that you are outputting 2-4x as in: value * value * value * value in the case of 4x? That seems rather high.
10x is 10x the output I could have done by myself. 2-4x is between 2 and 4 times the output I could have done myself. I distinguish "value" as that which is strictly a concern for the users/stakeholders, who themselves don't necessarily consider robust testing harnesses or internal-only documentation a value.
I said 4x as a cap for value, I don't know how you interpret that as x^4 ...
4x is 4 * x, x^4 would be your xxx*x ...