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Sure that's one possible outcome if that developer is a poor leader.

The other outcome if that developer is a good leader and interested in developing a community is that a community builds around the core foundation that was laid and begins to take a life of its own.

Look at React. Started by a single opinionated developer who laid the foundations and built a prototype. From there it's taken on a life of its own and evolved. It was not designed/built by committee from day 1.

Or python for that matter.



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