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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
by helsinkiandrew 10mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
- dlisboa 10mo agoTo 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 agoSo? His bio is literally one latest fad after the other. Now he joins the "AI" fad, what a surprise.
- repler 10mo agoThat 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 agoDoesn't this back up the point? From his wiki it seems like he is mostly famous as a programming influencer, not as a programmer.