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Frederick P. Brooks is what I’d call a true pioneer. Without any existing knowledge and only his own experience in the “tar pit” (as himself call this software development world), he distilled some universal truths of the Software Engineering world. So, the Mythical Man-Month is a summary of his ideas. This book is a night stand book, that is, you cannot hope to end it in a few days. You have to read slowly, thinking as a 60s software developer, with their limited tools and machines to fully understand this book. [Read More]