Software Design: Tidy First?

Forest & Desert

Deadlines in The Forest

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Kent Beck
Mar 04, 2025
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“You’ll find few deadlines in The Forest, few estimates.” I made this statement to an organization obsessed with “dead” lines. They weren’t too happy. Okay, smart guy, but what about a real deadline?

First Principles

Why do we care about time in software development? Partly because time is money. Less time, less money spent. But that’s only part of the pi…

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