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Re:Fred P. Brooks has passed away by quantified on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:06PM (#33649498)
The Mythical Man-Month is one of the seminal works on software engineering practice. It has held up extremely well over time. If I have to jettison professional books over time for whatever reason, it'll be in the last box /shelf I retain.
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Re:Fred P. Brooks has passed away by SoftTalker on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:34PM (#33649782)
His No Silver Bullet paper is another great one.
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Re:Fred P. Brooks has passed away by nextos on Thursday November 17, 2022 @11:51PM (#33650510)
Newer editions of the book usually include the paper too.
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Re:Fred P. Brooks has passed away by phonon on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:29AM (#33651091)
http://www.cs.unc.edu/techreports/86-020.pdf
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Re:Fred P. Brooks has passed away by Jtsummers on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:35AM (#33651118)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32423356 - It's been posted a few times here, too. A recent discussion with dcminter and dang listing out more prior submissions.
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Re:Fred P. Brooks has passed away by larryfromtexas on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:18PM (#33649616)
That book was a window into the mind of a true software engineer and one of the best things I have read generally. RIP.
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