He sailed solo a lot and also spent time with bears and still programs.
That said, I think this take has aged poorly in light of recent history. For instance, Google was started as a small collaboration, but has since grown into an enormous company. Presumably, this growth was (at least initially) the natural result of finding that a couple people can only do so much. For another example, Sublime Text (a for profit text editor written by a small group of developers) is massively less popular than VS Code, which is the bloated work of a small army.
Were you around in the Sublime 1/2 days? It used to be massively more popular than the alternatives, including Code, Brackets, Atom, etc. They fell behind because they cost 70 (then 80, now 100) USD and weren't as versatile or quickly iterative.
Digital Deli
The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy
by The Lunch Group & Guests
Edited by Steve Ditlea
published 1984
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