KentBeck | Dark Hacker News

user:	KentBeck
created:	April 6, 2009
karma:	2.5k
about:	Kent Beck is a programmer, author, artist, father, and singing guitarist.

1.	Baking a Model: A Metaphor for LLM Training(newsletter.kentbeck.com) 32 points by KentBeck 11 days ago \| 6 comments
2.	The Pinhole view of the value of AI as simply reducing payroll costs is wrong(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 202 days ago \| 0 comments
3.	Tokens: The New Oil or Engineering in Spite of Scarcity(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
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5.	First Feedback Filter–reducing regret in responding to negative feedback(tidyfirst.substack.com) 1 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
6.	In which I write a library-quality B+ tree with the genies(tidyfirst.substack.com) 5 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
7.	Me an' Algernon – grappling with (temporary) cognitive decline(tidyfirst.substack.com) 102 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 76 comments
8.	Hand-Drawn Illustrations–A workflow argument(tidyfirst.substack.com) 1 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
9.	Programmers who create more files have those files modified by others more often(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
10.	Should bugs be anti-holidays–infrequent and interruptive?(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
11.	Developing Software in a Forest vs. a Desert(tidyfirst.substack.com) 3 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
12.	1 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| discuss
13.	Why the Insurance Industry Rationally Fails Its Social Purpose(tidyfirst.substack.com) 3 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 0 comments
14.	Product management is hosting a party, not playing chess(tidyfirst.substack.com) 57 points by KentBeck 1 year ago \| 40 comments
15.	Humans >> Data – The Myth of Measuring Developer Productivity(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 0 comments
16.	TDD is Not Hill Climbing (except where it is)(tidyfirst.substack.com) 12 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 5 comments
17.	Software design gets worse before it gets better(tidyfirst.substack.com) 233 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 140 comments
18.	Not my money any more: Lessons from poker (2010)(tidyfirst.substack.com) 32 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 16 comments
19.	TDD isn't software design, it's design *feedback(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 1 comment
20.	1 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| discuss
21.	Coding in the Debugger (2007)(tidyfirst.substack.com) 75 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 31 comments
22.	Timing software design: “Later, if that's responsible”(tidyfirst.substack.com) 1 points by KentBeck 2 years ago \| 0 comments
23.	Publish Everything (Pretty Much)(tidyfirst.substack.com) 69 points by KentBeck 3 years ago \| 26 comments
24.	Template for Impactful Ideas(tidyfirst.substack.com) 75 points by KentBeck 3 years ago \| 12 comments
25.	Executive summary of bi-temporality–eventual business consistency(tidyfirst.substack.com) 2 points by KentBeck 3 years ago \| 1 comment
26.	Emotions: A Code Book(tidyfirst.substack.com) 139 points by KentBeck 3 years ago \| 57 comments
27.	Keep work fresh by teaching your successors and investing a bit in long-shots(tidyfirst.substack.com) 225 points by KentBeck 3 years ago \| 50 comments