@baldur Also, here's a thought experiment that I'd like people to try whenever they read an article on scaling, management, growth etc: Is this coming from an organisation whose product manifestly got worse as it grew? If so, take everything written with a grain of salt.

This not so much debunks The Mythical Man-Month as it explains the reasoning Brooks put into it and what that means

It doesn’t talk about how it’s sometimes simpler and faster to just keep the team small

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@baldur Also, here's a thought experiment that I'd like people to try whenever they read an article on scaling, management, growth etc:

Is this coming from an organisation whose product manifestly got worse as it grew?

If so, take everything written with a grain of salt.

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