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Brooks's Law Just Got Its First Exception in 50 Years

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Brooks's Law Just Got Its First Exception in 50 Years In 1975, Fred Brooks wrote the sentence that would govern software engineering for half a century: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." Today, an essay applying that principle to AI coding agents hit #1 on Hacker News wit…

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  1. 2026-10-28 04:41 · DEV Community — AI
    Brooks's Law Just Got Its First Exception in 50 Years

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