“I can do something faster than anyone else not necessarily because there's something magic about me but it's just there's no… sprint planning meeting, no breaking up the features — I just open up Xcode and start working.”

Solo Dev Speed Advantage: No Coordination Overhead

The single most underrated advantage of a solo developer is elimination of coordination costs. David can go from idea to shipped code in days; a five-person team needs meetings, specs, and handoffs that can take weeks for the same output. That speed matters most at the moment a new platform API is released — where being first captures outsized attention.