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.
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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?
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lnikmxyhe22p
Published: April 23, 2025 15:56
There’s time to design if we take the time to design. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lmxllyyasc2h
Published: April 16, 2025 21:58
This code ain’t gonna vibe itself
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lmx7vj67yk2h
Published: April 16, 2025 18:29
Augmented coding will respond to neither threats nor flattery. It’s yet another shift in costs of technology. Time to adapt.
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lmrmjd6ez22y
Published: April 14, 2025 12:59
Spent 10 minutes with a hummingbird in my garden yesterday afternoon. Highly recommended. Hummers make you feel large & vulnerable at the same time. When something extremely agile & pointy hovers 2 feet in front of your eyes, you can't help but focus.
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lmnslrkq4s2v
Published: April 13, 2025 00:37
“The secret to walking on water is knowing where the rocks are” —Bootsy Collins
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lmeyvgn3p224
Published: April 9, 2025 12:36
People complain about advice that's "too abstract". There's power in Abstractistan--take a real situation, translate it into abstract terms, manipulate it, then translate it back to reality. Sometimes you can do things this way that would be impossibly…
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lljpb2ouak24
Published: March 29, 2025 16:01
Just typed "One Startling Sentience" instead of "One Startling Sentence" & now I'm thinking hard.
https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.com/post/3lljnuori5k24
Published: March 29, 2025 15:37
TDD is a threat in The Desert. Programmers are asked to take responsibility for reliability. They know they will slow down in the short run & be blamed for it. They know they will not be given time, tools, or training. It's just more work & more potential…