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What are your favorite classic reads on how managing software orgs is different from traditional? I'm thinking stuff like: 1. Mythical man month 2. Steve Yegge platform rant 3. Richard Gabriel Worse is Better 4. ESR cathedral and bazaar
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When I finally read Hemingway I felt like I had discovered something amazing... but quickly realized I hadn't discovered shit except actually paying attention to the true wisdom of certain crowds.
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There's an upper limit to the size of a culture's canon. As you approach the limit, culture becomes a zero sum game. Power: who chooses the mix? And we're so awash in new culture creation that entire canon's are created and forgotten as fast as subcultures.
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