No Silver Bullet
Comments primarily reference Fred Brooks' 'No Silver Bullet' essay and 'The Mythical Man-Month' book, recommending these classics for insights on software engineering productivity, project management, and the absence of magic solutions.
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Very famous paper, one of my favorites - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet
The opening sentence is a reference to the influential software engineering paper No Silver Bullet, and the overall post is aligned with it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet
The Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks. The examples are old, but the wisdom remains. Particularly the chapter (and CACM article) No Silver Bullet-- Essence and Accident in Software Engineering (1986).Or just: https://xkcd.com/1425/
The relevant context, is the essay, "No Silver Bullet—Essence and Accident in Software Engineering" - Fred Brooks, 1986.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_BulletSee also "The Mythical Man-Month" by the same author.Mr Cooper's point is that these same arguments still apply, and we would do well to revisit them at source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
Sounds like The Parable of the Two Programmers.http://www.bruceblinn.com/parable.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month is a classic for a reason, on this exact topic.
Link to the Joel On Software article you're referencing?