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Re:Ask HN: Good books for my non-technical cofounder on soft... by Doctor-R on Thursday July 18, 2024 @02:16PM (#40998297)
The Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks. The examples are old, but the wisdom remains. Particularly the chapter (and CACM article) No Silver Bullet-- Essence and Accident in Software Engineering (1986).

Or just: https://xkcd.com/1425/

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Re:Ask HN: Good books for my non-technical cofounder on soft... by Jeremy1026 on Thursday July 18, 2024 @03:34PM (#40998970)
Timescale was just a bit off, but that team of researchers got it working!
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