--- title: "Four paradoxes of software development" url: https://daily.dev/posts/four-paradoxes-of-software-development-bg2x3mmu9 source_url: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3957278/four-paradoxes-of-software-development.html type: article source: "InfoWorld" published: 2025-04-09T09:03:05.886Z updated: 2025-04-09T09:25:52.379Z tags: ["agile", "project-management"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 97 comments: 4 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Four paradoxes of software development **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 10 min read · 97 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@devinweidinger** · 7 upvotes > 1. Yes you can estimate your time and work output. It's a skill you get better at overtime. > > 2. 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. > > 3. 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... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#agile](https://daily.dev/tags/agile), [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/four-paradoxes-of-software-development-bg2x3mmu9)