Wow, even though I already had over a decade experience under my belt at the time this was written, it still feels hopelessly archaic. Granted, the problems ou

Wow, even though I already had over a decade experience under my belt at the time this was written, it still feels hopelessly archaic. Granted, the problems outlined were (and probably still are) real at certain types of companies, but the proposed solution is so wrong-headed. The only honest takeaway here is that if you want to write software as a large company, then you need technical management. The foundation of good engineering work is competence and trust; in other words, the team must have the chops and there must a trusting direction with management (both ways). All this faff about documenting every last detail and have it reviewed by "experts" for $100/hr is the most ridiculous kind of bunk. There is a time and place for technical documentation and its review, but not as a solution to a fundamentally broken team.