A magical threshold: projects that can be accomplished with one person's effort.

2026-07-06 · Bits and Bobs 7/6/26

A magical threshold: projects that can be accomplished with one person's effort.
- Above that point, coordination cost starts rearing its head, at an exponential rate.
- Anything below that point has no coordination cost.
- Now LLMs make it so problems that used to require 10 people coordinating only require one.

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