--- title: How to Become a 10x Dev | daily.dev description: Learn how to become a 10x developer by automating repetitive tasks, mastering keyboard shortcuts, avoiding over-engineering, utilizing version control... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Become a 10x Dev | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to become a 10x developer by automating repetitive tasks, mastering keyboard shortcuts, avoiding over-engineering, utilizing version control... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6Z5TeRkqV.png og:image:alt: How to Become a 10x Dev og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Become a 10x Dev **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 5 min read · 476 upvotes · 25 comments ## Summary Learn how to become a 10x developer by automating repetitive tasks, mastering keyboard shortcuts, avoiding over-engineering, utilizing version control workflow, leveraging existing components and libraries, embracing HTML Emmet for rapid prototyping, and utilizing AI assistance and VS Code extensions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@pacifiquem** · 14 upvotes > Also: > > Test-Driven Development (TDD) can help so much since it helps you to iteratively write tests before code, ensuring robust functionality and accelerating development through efficient debugging and refactoring. **@wiktoria** · 6 upvotes > That was a simplistic article to me. Most of the things mentioned are considered to be basic knowledge, like using prettier and intellisense. And using an addon like Peacock will def. not make you a 10x developer. I believe there are better ways, I would also argue that the wish becoming a 10x developers comes from people already in the industry and not from total beginners. **@jean\_claude\_van\_debug** · 3 upvotes > I thought you become 10x dev if you solve 500 leetcode problems **@sandeepkrishna** · 2 upvotes > The peacock extention was super. l was straggling with identifying the tabs now i got the solution now 😊 **@73m3r007** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for the article, mate 🍻🍻🍻 --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#version-control](https://daily.dev/tags/version-control), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Become a 10x Dev","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T13:26:34.508Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:23:52.708Z","description":"Learn how to become a 10x developer by automating repetitive tasks, mastering keyboard shortcuts, avoiding over-engineering, utilizing version control...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e4760a7ae6990cba9ab0999e6ade6823?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e4760a7ae6990cba9ab0999e6ade6823?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":25,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":476},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":25}],"keywords":"ai,devtools,productivity,version-control,vscode,webdev","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Become a 10x Dev"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-a-10x-dev-6z5terkqv","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Also:\nTest-Driven Development (TDD) can help so much since it helps you to iteratively write tests before code, ensuring robust functionality and accelerating development through efficient debugging and refactoring.","datePublished":"2023-11-28T07:40:46.745Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/6Z5TeRkqV#c-NKsQNsFdQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pacifique Murangwa","url":"https://daily.dev/pacifiquem","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96472682?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"That was a simplistic article to me. 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