The Only Unbreakable Law

Why HN readers recommended it

HN treats it as the definitive explanation of Conway's Law and links it in almost any thread about org structure shaping software.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Molly Rocket

Topic

conway's law

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

12

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• Some great examples in "Conway's Nightmare" [VIDEO] My favorite from memory is that Windows now has five completely different volume control UIs, each of which can be traced directly to distinct product teams and their organizational dynamics across time. This video makes goes futher and …

• Casey Muratori has an excellent lecture on this same topic, which draws many of the same conclusions as this article but goes into more depth on why it happens and what it means to you in a practical sense. ( [VIDEO] , skip to 15:30 …

• If you want to dig into Conway's law and its implications, I can't recommend this video essay by Casey Muratori enough: [VIDEO] Fair warning though, you'll lose all hope that companies like Microsoft will ever manage to produce anything that they don't then ruin.