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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?

Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?
401 by pramodbiligiri | 736 comments on Hacker News.
Peter Thiel has written about the "10x rule" for startups, where your innovation has to be 10 times better than the second best option [1]. Have you personally experienced such 10x improvements in your own interactions with software? What were they? [1] - https://ift.tt/2DgSbyH

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