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> Because of the mythical man-month. > But hey that answer is only a paragraph and not a provocative answer about society collapsing, men getting weaker or som
by finnthehuman 3y ago
> Because of the mythical man-month.
> But hey that answer is only a paragraph and not a provocative answer about society collapsing, men getting weaker or some other incoherent nonsense.
But The Mythical Man Month is about communication/knowledge transfer, just like the linked article and it’s video.
You also said a some regular stuff about teams and schedule pressure that weren’t novel at the time of The Mythical Man Month.
e: I understand not liking the style of blow’s doomsaying, or titling a blog post with a reference to a meme that gets some people salty. But those aren’t the thesis of either piece.
- marcosdumay 3y agoThe GP is probably referring to the second system effect, that is there too. The Mythical Man-Month has more than 1 theme.
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- lolinder 3y agoIf the title bears no relation to the thesis, that's the author's fault, not the readers' for misinterpreting. And this article isn't about communication and knowledge transfer, it's about the evils of abstraction. I'm not sold on the idea that layers of abstraction are always going to be problematic—most of civilization is built on layers upon layers of abstraction, with different people specializing in different layers. That makes things less simple than they were before the layers were added, sure, but it doesn't inherently make everything worse.