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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months (www.wired.com)
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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Years are made of months … Good read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

More than just a good read, that's one of the project/programming Ten Commandments.

Can't tell you how many times over the decades I've had to argue with project managers about that.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The best way I’ve heard it said was “if a woman can make a baby in nine months, then nine women should be able to make a baby in one month, right?”

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

That's in the book :)