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The Mythical Man-Month
Last discussed Nov 4, 2026
Classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks arguing that adding more people to a late project makes it later — that engineering problems don't scale with headcount.
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"The Mythical Man-Month basically says that you can't increase the speed of engineering... this comes from I think Fred Brooks in the 70s... you had these software projects and you wanted to get them out faster, and so they would throw more people ..."
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