Bilgin's Law goes viral: 'Adding AI to a dysfunctional software team makes it worse'
bibryam · x · 2026-10-28
AI engineer Bilgin proposes a modern counterpart to Brooks's Law: while Brooks's Law (1975) says adding manpower to a late software project makes it later, Bilgin's Law (2026) says adding AI to a dysfunctional software team makes it worse. Presented as a side-by-side typographic pairing, the quip argues that AI—like extra headcount before it—cannot fix broken processes and collaboration, and may amplify the dysfunction. It's resonating as a concise rebuttal to 'AI fixes everything' thinking.
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