From accidental complexity to Conway’s Law, here are the five papers and crucial concepts that influenced the way I think about programming.

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'No Silver Bullet – Essence and Accident in Software Engineering' is a famous and widely discussed paper by Fred Brooks. In 1968, Melvin E. Conway observed that the design of a system reflects the structure of the organization doing the design. The changes in the team structure are directly reflected in the code.

5 Computer Science Papers That Changed How I Write Code

‘ No Silver Bullet – Essence and Accident in Software Engineering ’ by Fred Brooks

‘ Out of the Tar Pit ’ by Ben Moseley and Peter Marks

‘ A Plea for Lean Software ’ by Niklaus Wirth

‘ Ironies of Automation ’ by Lisanne Bainbridge

‘ How Do Committees Invent? ’ by Melvin E. Conway