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_doctor_lovetoday at 7:54 PM1 replyview on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

Applies both to software as well as hardware.


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aanettoday at 9:00 PM

Oh, absolutely.

Software products (which is where I spent most of my career) absolutely reflects the org that built it...

It had almost become my hobby to do a reverse-mapping of sorts and understand an org that built some software - and with it, all the org's dysfunctions would become obvious, based largely on how the various modules communicate with each other.

Have seen that in numerous autonomous vehicle stacks (among other SW) I've worked with :-/