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Programming Deflation(tidyfirst.substack.com)

87 points by dvcoolarun 1 year ago | 60 comments

Me an' Algernon – grappling with (temporary) cognitive decline(tidyfirst.substack.com)

82 points by KentBeck 1 year ago | 60 comments

Anatomy of Oscillation(tidyfirst.substack.com)

19 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 4 comments

Complain and Propose (2014)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

78 points by zdw 1 year ago | 28 comments

Slow deployment causes meetings (2015)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

175 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 79 comments

The Impossibility of Making an Elite Engineer (2017)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

8 points by mooreds 2 years ago | 0 comments

Product management is hosting a party, not playing chess(tidyfirst.substack.com)

26 points by KentBeck 2 years ago | 12 comments

The Founder Mode Tradeoff – By Kent Beck(tidyfirst.substack.com)

56 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 25 comments

Ad Hoc Infrastructure – By Kent Beck(tidyfirst.substack.com)

5 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 0 comments

The Documentation Tradeoff(tidyfirst.substack.com)

5 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 1 comments

Standups: Individual → Teammate(tidyfirst.substack.com)

11 points by zdw 2 years ago | 1 comments

Software design gets worse before it gets better(tidyfirst.substack.com)

211 points by KentBeck 2 years ago | 123 comments

Sales happen when buyers fear missing out(tidyfirst.substack.com)

224 points by etrvic 2 years ago | 105 comments

Start presentations on the second slide(tidyfirst.substack.com)

390 points by andyjohnson0 2 years ago | 137 comments

Kent Beck's Substack post advising presenters to start on the second slide (in media res) to grab audience attention, deferring background material.

Design Is an Island – By Kent Beck(tidyfirst.substack.com)

25 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 1 comments

The Pleasure of Pattern(tidyfirst.substack.com)

34 points by zdw 2 years ago | 9 comments

Mastering Programming (2016)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

240 points by BerislavLopac 2 years ago | 91 comments

Niklaus Wirth, 1934-2024: Geek For Life(tidyfirst.substack.com)

185 points by ingve 2 years ago | 26 comments

Not my money any more: Lessons from poker (2010)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

27 points by KentBeck 2 years ago | 13 comments

Coding in the Debugger (2007)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

69 points by KentBeck 3 years ago | 27 comments

Publish Everything (Pretty Much)(tidyfirst.substack.com)

51 points by KentBeck 3 years ago | 16 comments

Template for Impactful Ideas(tidyfirst.substack.com)

49 points by KentBeck 3 years ago | 11 comments

Eventual Business Consistency(tidyfirst.substack.com)

116 points by cratermoon 3 years ago | 34 comments

Emotions: A Code Book(tidyfirst.substack.com)

119 points by KentBeck 3 years ago | 42 comments

Keep work fresh by teaching your successors and investing a bit in long-shots(tidyfirst.substack.com)

196 points by KentBeck 3 years ago | 44 comments

Paint Drip People(tidyfirst.substack.com)

58 points by KentBeck 3 years ago | 32 comments

Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but 10% are worth 1000x(tidyfirst.substack.com)

371 points by gHeadphone 3 years ago | 409 comments

Kent Beck's Substack post reflecting on how trying ChatGPT made most of his programming skills seem worthless while the remaining 10% became far more valuable.