> They are limited by how well people can coordinate their understanding of the system they are changing.

It's not really news, though. Programming as Theory Building (Peter Naur) was published in the 80s, I think?

Maybe the younger entrants to this field never came across it, but even if you never came across it, it was common knowledge amongst experienced devs that understanding of the system you are about to change is crucial.

The complexity of coordinating a project involving more than one entity is, of course, an issue across all industrial sectors—just look at the construction industry.

Thanks for mentioning Peter Naur’s Programming as Theory Building (1985).

I would add Fred Brooks and his The Mythical Man-Month.

> It's not really news, though. Programming as Theory Building (Peter Naur) was published in the 80s, I think?

The news is that Agentic Programming has made this always challenging task even more challenging.