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KentBeck

“@jackie_greene: RIP Doc Watson. One of my true heroes” I'm still trying to copy his right hand technique 3 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
yrnameer I just learned that there is a real creature called a gribble. This makes me very happy. 5:55 PM May 28th via web Retweeted by KentBeck and 6 others
@darrellgrainger how would you test differently? 3:06 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to darrellgrainger
AnthonyCGreen Reading @kentbeck's "Implementation Patterns" informit.com/store/product.… Beautifully simple ideas that have improved the quality of my code 5:55 AM May 24th via Janetter for Mac Retweeted by KentBeck and 7 others
“@dkvasnickajr: Keith's workshop was simply fantastic: a pure no-bullshit hardcore #TDD hands-on 2012.geecon.org/speakers/keith…” wish I was there 5:00 PM May 17th via Twitter for iPhone
@rbates have you read "sources of power" by Klein? 4:45 PM May 17th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to rbates
“@richardadalton: TDD By example by @kentbeck is worth regular re-reads. As you improve, it improves.” thank you 9:14 PM May 16th via Twitter for iPhone
@dr_ian_mitchell no, that's what I meant. Others read programs as if we meant what we said. 7:05 AM May 16th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to dr_ian_mitchell
Re: not saying what you don't know--don't merge adjacent loops that happen to go 0..n-1. you don't know they are conceptually the same. 7:04 AM May 16th via Twitter for iPhone
when programming it's as important not to say what you don't know as it is to say what you do know 10:54 PM May 15th via web
"if you know how to read, there is no use learning how to write because you'll never be a professional" no sense for writing or programming 10:37 PM May 15th via web
@garybernhardt why one? 10:10 AM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to garybernhardt
marktabler Applying what we studied at #coderetreat with @coreyhaines . I'm writing better software on accident now than I did on purpose before. 6:35 PM May 14th via web Retweeted by KentBeck and 13 others
@Varvello I remind myself every day as well. There are no shortcuts to deep understanding, only detours 7:29 AM May 14th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Varvello
@Varvello that's what my daddy taught me :) 7:21 AM May 14th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Varvello
@pauldyson sweet! life at its most basic. 11:21 AM May 11th via TweetDeck in reply to pauldyson
Debugging complex server crashes is too much like an episode of House. Too much fun, that is :) 7:51 PM May 10th via Twitter for iPhone
agentdero "You go to production with the code you have, not the code you wish you had" - Devops Rumsfeld 4:52 PM May 9th via Twimbow Retweeted by KentBeck and 250 others
@MathProgramming i want to minimize the cost of the transitions, not necessarily the cost of the individual versions of the program 7:19 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to MathProgramming
@MathProgramming what i'm trying to capture is that sometimes i think i choose increased KC to make future changes easier 7:18 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to MathProgramming