Conway's Law for DevTools: High-Quality Internal Tools Breed High-Quality External Products
alex_frantic · x · 2026-08-13
A developer quoted Churchill's famous saying, 'We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us,' exploring the mutual influence between tools and teams alongside Mitchell Hashimoto.
Hashimoto pointed out that this is a manifestation of Conway's Law: high-quality internal tools lead to high-quality external tools. Using an internal dev tool demonstrated by Hector—used for building and publishing icon sets—he proved that excellent internal infrastructure can effectively elevate the quality of the final product.
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