Yep. One of the most important books in our field, The Mythical Man Month, agrees with a lot of this. But we still choose to keep ignoring it at our own peril.

Yep. One of the most important books in our field, The Mythical Man Month, agrees with a lot of this. But we still choose to keep ignoring it at our own peril. The part about having one dev doing most of the work is even suggested in the book. But of course it's something impossible when "everyone is replaceable" is a requirement for modern businesses. > I got to say 'no' to a whole lot of things that, in a larger team That's one of the #1 tricks of writing good software for fast and cheap. Engineers get to say no to stupid shit from product/design/management/C-level.