The Source Code Is The Design: "The Source Code Is The Design" is a cool wiki page dedicated to Jack W. Reeves' idea that coding is designing.

A few quotes from the page...

"It seems like a common error in software project management is in treating all the stuff that developers do as a manufacturing activity. This seems to be a driver behind a lot of poor management decision making, and unrealistic goal setting."

"Since programming is a design activity, not a manufacturing activity, you shouldn't automatically think you can treat programmers like assembly line workers. The Source Code Is The Design might help explain why throwing more programmers at a project that is behind schedule will hurt it, not help it."

"A software developer is more akin to an artist than an assembly line worker, since they are designing in writing source code. It takes time, consideration, and in some cases, a bit of skill. Creation can not be rushed."