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https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lp7sm3ef2s2c
Published: May 15, 2025 15:15
Two fundamental skills in managing complexity:
* Partitioning. If I arrange things *thus*, then I can deal with *this* while not dealing with *that*.
* Oopsie. Arranging things *thus* actually makes things harder because I have to deal with *this*,…
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lp7lpcxwik2c
Published: May 15, 2025 13:12
I've been trying for years to get a decent shot of a bird of paradise flower. I finally got one. Still not perfect but that's what the quest is for.
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lp5ednhbn22c
Published: May 14, 2025 15:55
Coding genies will build giant lookup tables to avoid going to recursion
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lp3yltu63c2c
Published: May 14, 2025 02:52
Your periodic reminder that consolidating a wobbly design is worse than a waste of time, it interferes with further improvement. Sometimes the best thing is put all the elements in one pile until the fault lines become clear. #AugmentedCoding…
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lolpaxqwd22c
Published: May 7, 2025 15:22
Is anyone connecting a coding genie directly with a language server protocol (LSP) server? Would seem to bypass a lot of the "remote control of an IDE" problems I'm seeing.
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3loixecmcqk2c
Published: May 6, 2025 13:09
I'll be providing 15 minutes of what I've experienced with augmented coding. tl;dr great news for explorers, not so much yet for expanders & extractors.
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Published: May 5, 2025 16:18
I want a data type bloomean which is like a boolean, except the two values are no and maybe
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lo4mtdlskk2c
Published: May 1, 2025 15:29
Your periodic reminder--if a design change is hard then you haven't worked hard enough making it easy.
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lo2v4rvr422c
Published: April 30, 2025 22:52
Fun convo about the state of augmented coding (aka vibe coding) circa 2 weeks ago my friend @jessitron.bsky.social & Ken Rimple. So, like, take with a grain of salt. https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/o11ycast/ep-80-augmented-coding-with-kent-beck
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lo23f6wuq22c
Published: April 30, 2025 15:11
Why write documentation when the reader can ask for documentation?