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A classic. A few threads that have had traction in the past: (2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592613

A classic. A few threads that have had traction in the past: (2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 (2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818537 (2017) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15476733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15476733 (2015) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10306335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10306335 The Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet

dang 4y ago
Thanks! Macroexpanded: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 - Jan 2021 (9 comments) No Silver Bullet (1986) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818537 - Aug 2019 (85 comments) No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15476733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15476733 - Oct 2017 (8 comments) No Silver Bullet (1986) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10306335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10306335 - Sept 2015 (34 comments) No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068513 - Oct 2011 (1 comment) "No Silver Bullet" Revisited - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=239323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=239323 - July 2008 (6 comments) Interesting that Brad Cox's "revisited" article was the first one to get comments.
- makeva 4y ago
  Thanks! Maybe the fact that the author is Frederick P. Brooks should be mentioned. From the domain name I was expecting something written by Bret Victor
  - pvg 4y ago
    HN typically goes by original title with some exceptions. It's ok to have to click through to figure out what the title is about (or by whomst), it's less ok to puff up a title by adding things to it which is usually why people slap on the author.

dang 4y ago

Thanks! Macroexpanded: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926136 - Jan 2021 (9 comments) No Silver Bullet (1986) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818537 - Aug 2019 (85 comments) No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15476733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15476733 - Oct 2017 (8 comments) No Silver Bullet (1986) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10306335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10306335 - Sept 2015 (34 comments) No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1987) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3068513 - Oct 2011 (1 comment) "No Silver Bullet" Revisited - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=239323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=239323 - July 2008 (6 comments) Interesting that Brad Cox's "revisited" article was the first one to get comments.

makeva 4y ago
Thanks! Maybe the fact that the author is Frederick P. Brooks should be mentioned. From the domain name I was expecting something written by Bret Victor
- pvg 4y ago
  HN typically goes by original title with some exceptions. It's ok to have to click through to figure out what the title is about (or by whomst), it's less ok to puff up a title by adding things to it which is usually why people slap on the author.