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For reference (as per Wikipedia):

Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.

— Melvin E. Conway

Imagine interpreting that as advice on how you should try to design things, lol.

Tbf, I think most of the post is just typical LinkedIn fluff, but I didn't want to take the poor fellow out of context.

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[-] groucho@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago

"I should make sure my software architecture mirrors our org's communication structure."

Conway's law exists

"Holy shit I am already so good at this."

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

NAILED IT!

Also: Because of Godwin's Law, we should all be striving to compare things to Hitler whenever possible.

[-] Shhalahr@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, just get the inevitable out of the way, right?

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