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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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[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

If this person believes that Conway's Law means "you SHOULD conform your software architecture to your org structure," then I wonder what that means for his interpretation of Poe's Law?

without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.