Conway's Law

The original 1968 paper: http://www.melconway.com/Home/Committees_Paper.html

Recognizing that this has been posted several times over the years on HN —

Conway's law comes up so often in our remote team & design decisions that I thought the HN community may benefit from a fresh look at this phenomenon in the age of Covid-19.

Edit — link to the meatiest past discussion thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16856537