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The Pirate Bay under Peter Sunde's management comes to mind as an example of a small team working mostly autonomously to create a large project. Though I think
by tomc1985 5y ago
The Pirate Bay under Peter Sunde's management comes to mind as an example of a small team working mostly autonomously to create a large project. Though I think they worked as such to minimize exposure to legal liability and to keep their legal opponents guessing and fumbling about as they tried their case in court. But they (and a lot of other underground sites) are exemplars in 'solitary nerds working on sheer competence'
- danans 5y ago> The Pirate Bay > But they (and a lot of other underground sites) are exemplars in 'solitary nerds working on sheer competence' Those are highly exceptional cases with specific motivations for their organizational structure (evading the law). They are also a sort of projects that have very few competitors due to their questionable legality, and therefore the organizational structure's effectiveness can't really be compared against regular "licit" software projects.