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How would a person who describes himself as a "full time content producer" know what is actually going on in the industry? https://substack.com/@kentbeck https

by bgwalter 10mo ago

How would a person who describes himself as a "full time content producer" know what is actually going on in the industry? https://substack.com/@kentbeck https://substack.com/@kentbeck What software projects is he actively working on?

helsinkiandrew 10mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
- dlisboa 10mo ago
  To be fair, even if I appreciate Beck, some people do get too famous and start to inhabit a space that is far removed from the average company. Many of these guys tend to give out advice that is applicable to a handful of top earning companies but not the rest.
- bgwalter 10mo ago
  So? His bio is literally one latest fad after the other. Now he joins the "AI" fad, what a surprise.
  - repler 10mo ago
    That is a very cynical take which completely ignores his contributions through the decades. In many cases he helped build the bandwagons you're implying he simply jumped onto.
    - exasperaited 10mo ago
      > In many cases he helped build the bandwagons you're implying he simply jumped onto. The fact that I cannot tell if you mean this satirically or not (though I want to believe you do!) is alarming to me.
- School-Cotton 10mo ago
  Doesn't this back up the point? From his wiki it seems like he is mostly famous as a programming influencer, not as a programmer.
psunavy03 10mo ago
The dude literally invented Extreme Programming and was the first signer of the Agile Manifesto. He's forgotten more about software development than most people on this site ever knew.
- imiric 10mo ago
  Someone's accomplishments don't make them incapable of having bad opinions and being wrong. Cults of personality are harmful to progress. Opinions should hold the same weight and be held to the same scrutiny regardless of who voiced them.
  - psunavy03 10mo ago
    That wasn't the question being asked. The question being asked was literally "what are this guy's accomplishments," and Kent Beck is a tech industry OG with a laundry list of them. Of course he can be wrong; he's human. That wasn't my point.
    - bgwalter 10mo ago
      No, that wasn't the question.
      - switchbak 10mo ago
        When you're so out of touch as to not know who Kent Beck is, these questions hardly matter. The thrust of the issue is that: when used suitably, AI tools can increase the rate of learning such that it changes the economics of investments in juniour developers - in a good way, to the contrary of how these tools have been discussed in the mainstream. That is an interesting take, and worthy of discussion. Your appeal to authority here is out of place here and clearly uninformed, thus the downvotes.
        bgwalter 10mo ago
        I know who Kent Beck is and I'm not impressed by Agile and Extreme Programming. What I did not know and what the Wikipedia page revealed is that he worked for a YCombinator company. Thus the downvotes.

helsinkiandrew 10mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck

dlisboa 10mo ago
To be fair, even if I appreciate Beck, some people do get too famous and start to inhabit a space that is far removed from the average company. Many of these guys tend to give out advice that is applicable to a handful of top earning companies but not the rest.
bgwalter 10mo ago
So? His bio is literally one latest fad after the other. Now he joins the "AI" fad, what a surprise.
- repler 10mo ago
  That is a very cynical take which completely ignores his contributions through the decades. In many cases he helped build the bandwagons you're implying he simply jumped onto.
  - exasperaited 10mo ago
    > In many cases he helped build the bandwagons you're implying he simply jumped onto. The fact that I cannot tell if you mean this satirically or not (though I want to believe you do!) is alarming to me.
School-Cotton 10mo ago
Doesn't this back up the point? From his wiki it seems like he is mostly famous as a programming influencer, not as a programmer.

psunavy03 10mo ago

The dude literally invented Extreme Programming and was the first signer of the Agile Manifesto. He's forgotten more about software development than most people on this site ever knew.

imiric 10mo ago
Someone's accomplishments don't make them incapable of having bad opinions and being wrong. Cults of personality are harmful to progress. Opinions should hold the same weight and be held to the same scrutiny regardless of who voiced them.
- psunavy03 10mo ago
  That wasn't the question being asked. The question being asked was literally "what are this guy's accomplishments," and Kent Beck is a tech industry OG with a laundry list of them. Of course he can be wrong; he's human. That wasn't my point.
  - bgwalter 10mo ago
    No, that wasn't the question.
    - switchbak 10mo ago
      When you're so out of touch as to not know who Kent Beck is, these questions hardly matter. The thrust of the issue is that: when used suitably, AI tools can increase the rate of learning such that it changes the economics of investments in juniour developers - in a good way, to the contrary of how these tools have been discussed in the mainstream. That is an interesting take, and worthy of discussion. Your appeal to authority here is out of place here and clearly uninformed, thus the downvotes.
      - bgwalter 10mo ago
        I know who Kent Beck is and I'm not impressed by Agile and Extreme Programming. What I did not know and what the Wikipedia page revealed is that he worked for a YCombinator company. Thus the downvotes.