Software development is full of paradoxes that are challenging to deal with. Our job is to ship despite them.

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Software development is inherently challenging due to several paradoxes. Projects are hard to estimate accurately, adding developers to a late project can make it later, experienced developers end up coding less, and advancements in tools don't necessarily speed up development. Recognizing and managing these paradoxes is crucial for successfully delivering software.

Four paradoxes of software development

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Yes you can estimate your time and work output. It’s a skill you get better at overtime.
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Adding people to project late only makes it later if you don’t modularize your goal and you don’t clearly outline what features are and are not in production. There are still plenty of features in their own vertical even at late stages.
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The better you get a coding the less code you write is true, but you also will end up maturing systems and scaling them overtime which will add a lot of boiler plate that could be longer than what a code slinger might do for the sake of better maintainability.
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It takes less time to build the same product, it’s just PM and Clients feature creep to pack in time if you are ahead of schedule. People will never stop inventing problems for you to solve if you don’t clearly define the scope of the problems you’re aiming to solve.
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