No Silver Bullet

Brooks, F. (1987). No Silver Bullet. essential vs. accidental complexity.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1987

Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.1987.1663532verified

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Mechanisms

• Middleware Layer
  • Fred Brooks's distinction between essential and accidental complexity names the trap exactly — the middleware is justified only when it removes essential coupling, not when it manufactures new incidental structure.

    This sourceA middleware layer earns its place by removing essential coupling between systems; it becomes an anti-pattern when it adds only accidental complexity — a hop with no decoupling.

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