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> And it maddens me that their whole team, including ops and backend is like 50 people. But that's how they get so much accomplished. Fred Brooks was correct i
by ratww 5y ago
> And it maddens me that their whole team, including ops and backend is like 50 people.
But that's how they get so much accomplished. Fred Brooks was correct in 1975 and is still right in 2021. Throwing headcount at a problem only delays it.
- marcosdumay 5y ago> and is still right in 2021 That's a huge understatement. When development tools improve and people get more productive, that observation gets more and more correct. Thus, he is much more correct now than he was in 1975. And he was pretty much right by that time.