Last weekend I watched four people desperately trying to get a laptop to connect to a screen. I was happily observing their efforts, with zero intent to join in. But someone nudged me: can't you have a look at it? My reply: "Haha sorry no! My experience is that adding more people will not solve this problem any quicker". I was of course -- indirectly -- reffering to Brooks's Law: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." It was formulated by computer scientist Frederick P. Brooks Jr. in his 1975 book The Mythical Man-Month, based on his...