There definitely are 10x engineers and they're invaluable, but they're not (necessarily) those who write 10x more good code, but those who understand the requirements and write the right code. And directs others to write the right code.
Most time is wasted when you throw away and rewrite what you did.
I like Rider very much, but personally moved to VSCode because of many little annoying bugs that aren't being fixed. E.g. typescript refactoring problems, .NET native code debugging from C#, TFS support etc.
And maybe it's changing but I felt that the progress for new features and IDE maintenance stalled (for obvious reasons).
> [...] the damage they’ve done to society. Because Google is the ultimate essential piece of online infrastructure, just like power lines and water mains are in the physical realm.
Just use Kagi search (or also probably there are some other alternatives) and at the end it will end up as a good thing for society.
Most time is wasted when you throw away and rewrite what you did.