KentBeck

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I chose “empirical” to describe my style of software design(tidyfirst.substack.com)
1 points by KentBeck 3y ago|0 comments
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How I came to write “Tidy First?” tl;dr it took 18 years(tidyfirst.substack.com)
173 points by KentBeck 4y ago|36 comments
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Software design also saves money by discouraging errors(tidyfirst.substack.com)
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Accountability is not blame (but easily becomes blame)(tidyfirst.substack.com)
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Beyond Extreme Programming: Scaling to 1000s by reducing team dependencies(tidyfirst.substack.com)
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by KentBeck 4y ago
I agree about the importance of alignment. The recent evolution in my thinking is to take into account the power differentials between the folks who need to be aligned. As The Boss it's easy to say, "Everyone should be aligned,&qu
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Boss' Dilemma: Taking Responsibility Signals Cooperation(tidyfirst.substack.com)
54 points by KentBeck 4y ago|30 comments
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Responsibility: Consequences Flow Towards Power(tidyfirst.substack.com)
13 points by KentBeck 4y ago|11 comments
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The Pie Problem: A performance assessment parable(geekincentives.substack.com)
35 points by KentBeck 4y ago|2 comments
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Programmers Underpaid? Labor vs. Capital(geekincentives.substack.com)
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by KentBeck 4y ago
JUnit
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Cloud development environments tame complexity by reducing state(medium.com)
57 points by KentBeck 4y ago|39 comments
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by KentBeck 4y ago
This is a 40-year-old mystery for me--why is it so very hard to get agreement about when & how much to design. Moving too much of the design too soon doesn't work. Moving it too late doesn't work, not in the long run. But why
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Software design decisions are (mostly) reversible(tidyfirst.substack.com)
2 points by KentBeck 4y ago|1 comments
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Tune Software Development for Rate of Change, Not Rate of Progress(medium.com)
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Work/life balance should be difficult(medium.com)
102 points by KentBeck 5y ago|183 comments
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Fixed equity grants become toxic to hard work in later growth(geekincentives.substack.com)
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Background Work: Establishing credibility by indulging engineering curiosity(medium.com)
41 points by KentBeck 5y ago|2 comments
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by KentBeck 5y ago
They're convex--small investment, small chance of a large return. Also, I've been curious what mechanism will fund creators creating & NFTs seem like a contender.
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A Death-Aware Career Plan(medium.com)
75 points by KentBeck 5y ago|64 comments
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How Meditation Works for Me(medium.com)
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Meta-meta-cognition: reflecting on mind-mapping my thinking habits(medium.com)
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Meta-meta-cognition: reflecting on mind-mapping my thinking habits(mindmappinggetsmoreofmybraininvolvedwheni'mtryingtoseethestructureimpliedbyparticularexamples.here'sanexample.https)
1 points by KentBeck 6y ago|0 comments
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Does Pay-for-Performance Perform?(medium.com)
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by KentBeck 6y ago
BadCookie, you and I have different constraints. The way you're thinking about accumulating assets makes sense given a child who will need assets and can't accumulate them themselves. The way I'm thinking makes sense given th
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Tech compensation is biased toward the long-term. Fine if you have a long term(medium.com)
16 points by KentBeck 6y ago|7 comments
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by KentBeck 6y ago
I recommend mouthwash. Something minty fresh.
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We aren’t owed an audience for our “feedback”(medium.com)
2 points by KentBeck 6y ago|2 comments
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Monolith -> Services: A Sketchy Approach(medium.com)
59 points by KentBeck 6y ago|12 comments
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by KentBeck 6y ago
That would be the "belligerent asshole" interpretation, one that I applied for the first 10 years of my career. As an engineer, I often have intuitions about what I should work on. I'm saying those intuitions are valuable. Ex

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