He cites Brooks as proving that communication friction is quadratic in headcount. The exponent does not need to be exactly, or even nearly, 2; 1 + epsilon is already fatal. This is very closely related to Coase's ceiling.
There’s a good list of reasons why we do this, but it leaves out the biggest one, at least for me: building stuff is fun. Reinventing stuff is fun. It’s the most natural hammer to reach for whenever I encounter a nail. Not necessarily the best, but such is life.
> You can make lots of money by making something appear novel and undiscovered, and consequently make yourself sound smart and cutting edge.
This is pretty much the crux of it. It's very similar to the strategy of undercutting a market with VC subsidies until it dies and can be replaced.
VC subsidies are no longer enough, now we need IPOs to keep it going...
An IPO and subsequent offers is hardly a temporary subsidy. That can keep going until the economy dies.
Mate, its so fucked, people are going to cry way worse than 2008.
people in these fields we pre-crying, building the torment nexus, because if they dont, they'll be in the "permanent underclass".
FOMO is going to kill more americans than COVID.
As an MCP engineer, how dare you
Seems like this could be categorized as yet another reason why software developers are not engineers.
He cites Brooks as proving that communication friction is quadratic in headcount. The exponent does not need to be exactly, or even nearly, 2; 1 + epsilon is already fatal. This is very closely related to Coase's ceiling.
Take my money. This is better than "The Pragmatic Engineer".
There’s a good list of reasons why we do this, but it leaves out the biggest one, at least for me: building stuff is fun. Reinventing stuff is fun. It’s the most natural hammer to reach for whenever I encounter a nail. Not necessarily the best, but such is life.