Kent Beck
@kentbeck.com
Independent I guess these days you'd say content producer, artist, programmer, musician, pokerist. More about me at https://KentBeck.com.
Money is the one unit that everyone agrees is important.
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Money is the one unit that everyone agrees is important.
I really don't, besides being empathetic to their perspective while maintaining my own boundaries.
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I really don't, besides being empathetic to their perspective while maintaining my own boundaries.
An element of leadership is finding factors those with less power *can* control in ways that align with larger goals.
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An element of leadership is finding factors those with less power *can* control in ways that align with larger goals.
It’d be interesting to validate that empirically
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’d be interesting to validate that empirically
I haven’t. I’ll check it out. Thanks.
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I haven’t. I’ll check it out. Thanks.
I often say "augmented development" to capture exactly this.
October 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I often say "augmented development" to capture exactly this.
It's happening to me sooner & more. I had a bug that I kept having the genie fix in various places. I had to insist that the genie remove the duplication. Then the fix stuck.
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's happening to me sooner & more. I had a bug that I kept having the genie fix in various places. I had to insist that the genie remove the duplication. Then the fix stuck.
Or even no designing thinking ever at all.
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Or even no designing thinking ever at all.
Disagree. The only destination in the pool is the other end of the pool.
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Disagree. The only destination in the pool is the other end of the pool.
Those factors establish the lower bound on team size.
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Those factors establish the lower bound on team size.
Not necessarily smaller stuff. Just 4 programmers instead of 12. (We can talk later about where the other 8 programmers go.)
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not necessarily smaller stuff. Just 4 programmers instead of 12. (We can talk later about where the other 8 programmers go.)