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Adding More Developers Won't Fix A Stuck Project
Programming Devops Agile Debugging
1 month ago 81.4K views 1 shares
Adding More Developers Won't Fix A Stuck Project
Adding more developers to a stuck project is like adding more people to drive a cart stuck in mud. The obvious solution? More horsepower to pull it out. The corporate solution? Add more drivers who'll just sit there smoking while the same horse struggles. Next sprint planning meeting, I'll just bring this picture instead of speaking. Saves everyone 45 minutes.

You Can't Have A Baby In 1 Month By Impregnating 9 Women
Programming Agile
1 month ago 78.8K views 0 shares
You Can't Have A Baby In 1 Month By Impregnating 9 Women
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute DELUSION of managers who think software development scales linearly! 💀 "The Mythical Man-Month" is basically the software developer's bible that screams "ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO A LATE PROJECT MAKES IT LATER!" But sure, let's give the boss TWO copies so he can misunderstand the concept TWICE as fast! Because apparently reading something twice simultaneously is just as impossible as having nine women produce a baby in one month. The savage irony of this gift is just *chef's kiss* - perfectly capturing every developer's silent scream when management decides that eight developers will finish in half the time of four. Spoiler alert: they won't!

More People Can't Always Deliver Faster
Programming Devops Agile
3 months ago 85.7K views 0 shares
More People Can't Always Deliver Faster
The classic project management fallacy, illustrated with surgical precision. Just because nine women can't deliver a baby in one month doesn't stop project managers from thinking nine developers can deliver a project nine times faster. It's the same energy as believing you can dig a hole faster by hiring people who've never seen a shovel. Brooks' Law sends its regards - adding more people to a late project just makes it later. Next up: Project Manager discovers that two pizzas don't feed twenty people in half the time!

The Mythical Man-Month
Agile Devops Programming Testing
3 months ago 109.0K views 0 shares
The Mythical Man-Month
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute TRAGEDY of project management in its purest form! 💀 This comic is the most SAVAGE takedown of Brooks' Law ever - "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." The manager's solution to missing deadlines? THROW MORE BODIES AT IT! Because CLEARLY nine women can make a baby in one month! 🙄 And the DELICIOUS irony of ending up FURTHER behind after onboarding the new devs? *chef's kiss* That's the cognitive dissonance that fuels the entire tech industry! The final panel with "maybe we need a bigger room" instead of, I don't know, ACTUALLY FIXING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES?! I'm deceased! 💀 Fun fact: "The Mythical Man-Month" is a legendary software engineering book from 1975 that basically said what every developer already knows but no manager will ever admit - throwing more people at a late project is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline!