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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 28-Sep-2026 12:37:31 JST clacke

   I don't know who first quipped this, probably back in the 60s or 70s leading up to Fred Brooks writing "The Mythical Man-Month". I first heard it in the 90s.

   "If I can get a team of two, I can do this in two months."
   "What if you get a team of ten?"
   "Then I can do it in ten months."

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     Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE (timwardcam@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 01-Oct-2026 09:33:05 JST Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

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     @clacke @hakui It contains all you need to know about user interface design: "Law of Least Astonishment".

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-Oct-2026 09:33:06 JST clacke

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     @hakui So that's where I got it!

     Thank you.

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     御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Thursday, 01-Oct-2026 09:33:07 JST 御園はくい

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     @clacke A manager went to the Master Programmer and showed him the requirements document for a new application. The manager asked the Master: "How long will it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?"
     
     "It will take one year," said the Master promptly.
     
     "But we need this system immediately or even sooner! How long will it take if I assign ten programmers to it?"
     
     The Master Programmer frowned. "In that case, it will take two years."
     
     "And what if I assign a hundred programmers to it?"
     
     The Master Programmer shrugged. "Then the design will never be completed," he said.