second-system effect
{{Short description|Project management phenomenon}}
The second-system effect or second-system syndrome is the tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to be succeeded by over-engineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.{{cite web |url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/second-system-effect.html |title=Second-system effect |last1=Raymond |first1=Eric |author1-link=Eric S. Raymond |work=The Jargon File |access-date=June 24, 2013}}
The phrase was first used by Fred Brooks in his book The Mythical Man-Month, first published in 1975. It described the jump from a set of simple operating systems on the IBM 700/7000 series to OS/360 on the 360 series,{{FOLDOC|Second-system+effect}} which happened in 1964.{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Frederick P. Jr. |author1-link=Fred Brooks |year=1975 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/mythicalmanmonth00broo/page/53 |chapter=The Second-System Effect |title=The Mythical Man-Month: essays on software engineering |pages=53–58 |publisher=Addison Wesley Longman |isbn=0-201-00650-2}}
See also
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Things You Should Never Do, Part I |last1=Spolsky |first1=Joel |author1-link=Joel Spolsky |date=April 6, 2000 |url=https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ |website=Joel on Software |access-date=October 15, 2021}}
- {{cite web |title=Notes on Haskell |date=August 21, 2007 |last1=Turoff |first1=Adam |url=https://notes-on-haskell.blogspot.com/2007/08/rewriting-software.html |access-date=October 15, 2021}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.neilgunton.com/doc/?o=1mr&doc_id=8583 |title=Rewrites Considered Harmful? |last1=Gunton |first1=Neil |date=July 20, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2021}}
- {{cite web |url=http://chadfowler.com/2006/12/27/the-big-rewrite.html |title=The Big Rewrite |last1=Fowler |first1=Chad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208161441/http://chadfowler.com/2006/12/27/the-big-rewrite.html |archive-date=December 8, 2016}}
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