Engineers Will Do Anything to Avoid Learning from History

Software engineers are rediscovering project management principles while working with AI agents, but they're rebranding them as novel ideas. The author argues that managing multiple AI agents is essentially program management, and engineers who never took TDD or PRD seriously are now grappling with defining requirements and reviewing AI-generated code. They predict a trend of reinventing waterfall and other established practices under sexier names, and recommend classic books like 'The Mythical Man-Month' and 'The Goal' to avoid repeating history.