Software Design: Tidy First?

Long Vol: What is Volatility?

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Kent Beck
Jul 22, 2026
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Some basic assumptions:

  • We don’t know how users will perceive the features we deliver. (We have suspicions, opinions, but users/buyers/investors continually surprise us.)

  • We don’t know how users will talk about features in their communities.

  • We don’t know how much it will cost to implement features. (Today’s answer is “less” but we still don’t know how muc…

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