# programmer productivity

Published articles for programmer productivity.

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## On why hackers don't work on large teams

DevFeed: [On why hackers don't work on large teams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-why-hackers-don-t-work-on-large-teams-35353.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/society/on-why-hackers-dont-work-on-large-teams/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2011-11-03T00:05:10Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [programmer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programmer-productivity.md>), [small](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/small.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

### AI overview

This commentary argues that large software teams reduce programmer productivity because communication costs and complexity increase with team size. It cites the two-pizza team heuristic and argues that large teams make small, frequent wins harder to achieve.

### Source excerpt

Small teams, big wins: The secret to programmer productivity.