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AI Agents Revive Brooks's Law: More Bots, More Delays
What is The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI?
A Hacker News essay argues that adding AI agents to a software project without clear requirements can make it slower, not faster. It updates Brooks's Law for the era of large language models.
Who it is for
Software managers and developers should read it to rethink how they orchestrate AI assistants and avoid chaotic code rewrites.