Kent Beck

@KentBeck

Programmer, author, father, husband, goat farmer

Southern Oregon
threeriversinstitute.org
Joined October 2008
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  1. 15 hours ago

    "Take it or leave it" ends the possibility of negotiation creating value. Only use it when it is clear no more value will be created.

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    Dec 4

    Kobe Bryant Tears Up While Reflecting On All The Mistakes Teammates Made During His Career

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    1:07 PM - 4 Dec 2015 · Details
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  3. Dec 4

    pricing programmers tl;dr depends on how you look at it

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  4. Dec 4

    Don't bring an opinion to a data fight

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  5. Dec 4

    "The Secrets of Consulting" chapter on pricing has everything you need to know. Everything. Thanks

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    Dec 3

    "If you can't solve a problem, enlarge it." - General Eisenhower

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  7. Dec 3

    in this corner we have kent and in this corner we have anchoring bias. this match will be too the death. *ding ding*

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  8. Dec 2

    ah, it's one of those "seek first to understand" days...

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  9. Dec 2

    Past performance may be no guarantee of future returns, but when it comes to people it's not a bad way to bet

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  10. Nov 29

    backing thinkwards, the power of mentally reversing causality

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  11. Nov 28

    comments are echoes along the timeline from future refactorings, pleading to be born

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    Nov 28

    Pair Programming is natural: it always happens with kids during a .

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    7:42 AM - 28 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 24

    Every engineer's blog needs a round-up of fave productivity hacks, here's mine:

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  14. Nov 24

    "Domestic terrorists"

    Notice how they're "gunmen." "Gunmen Sought After 5 Are Shot at Protest of Police in Minneapolis"
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  15. Nov 24

    planning to reduce uncertainty reaches diminishing marginal returns and then negative marginal returns (more planning => less certainty)

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  16. Nov 24

    a euro received today is worth more than a euro received tomorrow. a decision made today is worth more than a decision made yesterday

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  17. Nov 21

    "May you live to see all your cliches become obsolete" not sure if blessing or curse

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  18. Nov 19

    slow deployment causes meetings: tl;dr the causation of organizational overhead is backwards

    108 retweets 114 likes
  19. Nov 19

    markets use self-interested incentives to encourage social good. however, rent-seeking and market distortions are even more attractive.

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