This episode discusses both Fred Brooks’ classic paper on the likelihood of 10x improvements in software engineering productivity, and his reflections on its interpretation 9 years after publication. The episode is supported by members of the Chiron Codex Patreon (use this gift link for your first month free), so please do join the community or hit the Ko-Fi button to make a one-off donation. If you enjoy the episode, share it with at least one friend, colleague, or stranger.
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Links
- No Silver Bullet
- No Silver Bullet Refined
- No Silver Bullet, Refired
- Episode 12: No Silver Bullets
- Still No Silver Bullet
- What If There’s a Silver Bullet, and the Competition Gets it First?
- DORA State of AI-Assisted Software Development 2025
- The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering
- UIKonf 2015: Graham Lee: Object-Oriented Programming in Objective-C
- SE100 Research Catalog
