Lone Wolf Developer
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A developer who prefers working independently with minimal collaboration, documentation, or review, sometimes effectively and sometimes destructively.
In plain English: A developer who works mostly alone and resists collaboration.
Example: "The lone wolf developer moved fast, but nobody else understood the service."
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