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The dude literally invented Extreme Programming and was the first signer of the Agile Manifesto. He's forgotten more about software development than most peopl
by 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 agoSomeone'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 agoThat 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 agoNo, that wasn't the question.
- switchbak 10mo agoWhen 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 agoI 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.
- switchbak 10mo agoWhy are you asking us what he's working on? Why not go find out yourself? What does any of that have to do with having a valid opinion?
- bigfishrunning 10mo agoSeems to me that his core competency is in managing a software team, not developing software.