It's called Brook's Law. It takes a lot of time and effort getting people up to speed, and that takes experienced devs away from coding. You also have to get them credentialed, teach them the tools, need extra code reviews/testing/bugfixes while they learn the quirks and pitfalls of the code base, etc. In the long term you'll be able to get more done, but it comes at the cost of short term agility.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

but it comes at the cost of short term agility

Often long-term agility, as well.

Big teams are faster on straightaways. Small teams go through the corners better. Upgrading from a go-kart to a dragster may just send your project 200mph into a wall. Sometimes a go-kart is really what you need.

[–] TheKracken@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Some go karts have 2 seats and that's ok.

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