Is there a silver bullet for software development? (part 1)

In The Mythical Man-Month, Fred Brooks argues that there is no improvement that can give us an order of magnitude increase in productivity. His main point is that most of what’s left to improve is essential complexity. But is that true? Can we throw in the towel and declare there is nothing left to improve?

Show Notes

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