Fred Brooks wrote a book about complexity, accidental and essential. Essential complexity is the lower bound to which you refer, and the hard limit that preven

Fred Brooks wrote a book about complexity, accidental and essential. Essential complexity is the lower bound to which you refer, and the hard limit that prevents major advances in programmer productivity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet