Brooks's Law still applies to AI agents, author argues
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An author argues that Brooks's Law, which holds that adding people to a late software project makes it later, still applies when the added workers are AI agents.
The author says sequential tasks remain sequential, and that the overhead moves from managing people to managing agents. Someone must still define what "done" means, review code, catch hallucinations and integrate the pieces. The author also says that adding agents to a project with unclear requirements produces the wrong answer faster. The argument was posted to Hacker News, where it reached more than 150 points.
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AIThe author argues that Brooks's Law still holds in the age of AI agents, since sequential tasks stay sequential and overhead shifts from managing people to managing agents. Someone must still define "done," review code, catch hallucinations and integrate the pieces, and adding agents to a project with unclear requirements produces the wrong answer faster.
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