Why more people or more AI agents do not speed a project up unless the plan splits the work, argued from Brooks to the agent studies.
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Software
I have opinions about how software should get built, and I argue each one from sources I can link. The first asks why adding people, or AI agents, does not speed a project up, and lets you move the communication cost and the scalability curve yourself. More will come.
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