Brooks – No Silver Bullets

No Silver Bullets
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Brooks – No Silver Bullets
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The landmark paper by Fred Brooks, No Silver Bullets, is stuffed full of smart thinking that applies today just as much as it did in the 1980s.

Find out about accidental and essential complexity and the factors in software that make it hard to share a mental model about the systems we create. Crucially, find out why the promised “silver bullets” of the 80s are not unlike those being hyped today.

No language of technique removes the essential complexity of the software we create.

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