Kent Beck 🌻
@KentBeck
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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
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: https://t.co/yWuIaA0qwh.
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Launching your product requires a special rhythm of work: https://t.co/U1KBApO9Vz. You have more to lose than to win.
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Sure you want to measure your process, but where? https://t.co/Nk087zIgv1
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🎙️NEW EPISODE: October 30, 2025 -Dems losing shutdown fight -Dems “starving people for leverage” -New study on Dems’ brand problem -The Dem with the Nazi tattoo -Viral video raises concerns about 340B scam -Poll: climate alarmism plummets -KJP’s New Yorker faceplant
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.@RiveterHQ is replacing the entire scraper infrastructure stack with a single API. Their all-in-one search agent replaces SERP, scrapers, proxy managers, and more. And it knows which tools to use to find exactly the data you’re looking for. https://t.co/TCQK2YOlVA Congrats on
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“Effort→Output→Outcome→Impact” ❤️ First principles first https://t.co/iawZQRZeLs
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I'm biased, but Beth will bring tech savvy & plain speaking to Congress.
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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 pragmatic leadership and neutrality in the workplace. https://t.co/MCCOVIQEDD
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Every year or so, some tech CEO does something massively stupid, like declaring “No politics at work!”, or “Trump voters are oppressed and live in fear!”, and we all get a good pained laugh over ho…
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Project Cassandra, a DEA initiative launched in 2008, exposed Hezbollah’s extensive drug trafficking connections with Venezuela, particularly involving the Cartel of the Suns (Cartel del Soles). Key findings include: Hezbollah’s ESO Business Affairs Component: Hezbollah evolved
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Join me tomorrow! A three-hour Learning Systems Thinking course on the O'Reilly platform. 1 - 4 pm Eastern. You'll get a solid introduction ... and we have fun :) https://t.co/whOwPe18Ns
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Essential nonlinear skills for software professionals
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This is what a launch should be--lots of iteration to a great product then promote the hell out of it.
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 👇
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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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A really interesting post by @kentbeck: TDD is Not Hill Climbing - Not exactly. But kinda. https://t.co/C4NkepMmyK
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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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https://t.co/I4tYAQBNvA TDD is Not Hill Climbing, except in those ways that it is.
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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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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.
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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Software designers choose the next structure, but also the path to get from here to there. (Link in reply)
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Can confirm this is my hand writing. Also my words IIRC.
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Some folks objected to my generally skeptical reaction to calls for more documentation. Here's my position in greater detail:
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I just finished "Tidy First?" by @KentBeck and I just had to write about it. Here is my review and some thoughts inspired by it: Thoughts on ‘Tidy First?’
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Tidy First? by Kent Beck is a slim volume that is a good companion to Refactoring by Martin Fowler. Here’s how I use this technique.
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