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Ah Kent Beck, where would the industry be without him?
by gardenhedge 4y ago
Ah Kent Beck, where would the industry be without him?
- Jtsummers 4y agoProbably making snarky comments about some other programmer whose book(s) they never read and whose contributions they don't understand.
- wpietri 4y agoWas it snarky? Personally, I think he has made a number of really important contributions to our field, and so I read that as sincere.
- Jtsummers 4y agoMaybe I was being ungenerous, but most comments that are one-liners like that, "Where would we be without <Person>?", when it relates to individuals like Beck or Fowler or others here seem to be sarcastic, not sincere. I suppose the original commenter could clarify that.
- wpietri 4y agoGiven the lack of apologetic reply, it looks like you were right!
- gardenhedge 4y agoAlso assuming my comment is snarky and making a snarky comment back is pretty cool.
- gardenhedge 4y agoI mean without Kent Beck we would not have made much progress as an industry. We wouldn't have agile or scrum for example!