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Programmer, coach coach, artist, pokerist, singer/guitarist. Learning to be me. Chief Scientist at Mechanical Orchard. Mastodon: @[email protected]

San Francisco, CA
Joined October 2008
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@KentBeck
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4 years
I am continuing work on "Tidy First? An Exercise In Empirical Software Design" as a @SubstackInc . No paid tier yet, but that's where book chapters will be appearing. Sign up here:
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RT @mipsytipsy: 103 days and counting to the next presidential election. It's all I can think about, so I wrote up some of my thoughts on p….
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1 year
RT @dianamontalion: Join me tomorrow! A three-hour Learning Systems Thinking course on the O'Reilly platform. 1 - 4 pm Eastern. You'll get….
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1 year
This is what a launch should be--lots of iteration to a great product then promote the hell out of it.
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we spent the last four years reimagining what finance can be, unburdened by what has been. runway makes clear the significance of the passage of time in the context of all in which your business lives and what came before you. this is the result πŸ‘‡
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1 year
I used to think this way frequently--how can we meet human needs? I gradually slipped into, "What's good for the product?" Which, yes, does speak to human needs indirectly. But we can do better than that.
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Stephen S. Musoke - Homo sapiens aedifex Xennial
1 year
Standups: Individual β†’ Teammate by @KentBeck. #Agile #Scrum #Standup.
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1 year
RT @crichardson: A really interesting post by @kentbeck: TDD is Not Hill Climbing - Not exactly. But kinda.
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1 year
Dear @OpenAI, I have been forced to re-log-in one too many times. Farewell. You have competent competitors. Hello, @perplexity_ai.
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1 year
TDD is Not Hill Climbing, except in those ways that it is.
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1 year
RT @mech_orchard: In his latest blog, @KentBeck delves into the nuances of replacing legacy systems. At Mechanical Orchard, our approach p….
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1 year
Replacing legacy systems is always a process of drawing a circle around what you're going to replace, then making the replacement better & better. At MO, we work hard to be able to draw small circles, giving us better risk management, building trust, & prioritizing value.
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Mechanical Orchard
1 year
In his latest blog, @KentBeck delves into the nuances of replacing legacy systems. At Mechanical Orchard, our approach prioritizes smaller steps. More than just mitigating risk: it also ensures transparency and builds trust in large-scale projects.
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1 year
Software designers choose the next structure, but also the path to get from here to there. (Link in reply)
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1 year
Can confirm this is my hand writing. Also my words IIRC.
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1 year
From the legendary Kent Beck ❀️
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1 year
RT @unrenormlizable: From the legendary Kent Beck ❀️
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1 year
Some folks objected to my generally skeptical reaction to calls for more documentation. Here's my position in greater detail:
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1 year
RT @captaindomestic: I just finished "Tidy First?" by @KentBeck and I just had to write about it. Here is my review and some thoughts inspi….
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1 year
RT @JuntaoQiu: My Take on Kent Beck’s β€˜Tidy First?’ by @JuntaoQiu @KentBeck.
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1 year
Software design principle: difference should signal meaning. If the parameters to many functions go "x, y, z", then if I have a function with "z, x, y", there better be something special about that function. If there isn't, shuffle the parameters to match the canonical order.
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1 year
Hey @Spotify, how's about you raise my rates by $4 instead but promise that the extra $2 will go directly to living artists?.
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1 year
RT @b0rk: WE DID IT. My new zine β€œHow Git Works" is out now! . You can get it here for $12:
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1 year
Do emojis at the end of a sentence count as closing punctuation? Or rather, as punctuation πŸ€”.
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