Software Design: Tidy First?

Speculative Short Volatility & Neglectful Short Volatility

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Kent Beck
Aug 05, 2026
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Timing is one distinguishing feature of the Tidy First worldview. Like Goldilocks, we don’t want to be too early with our structure investments & we don’t want to be too late with our structure investments. Let’s contrast too early & too late with volatility glasses on.

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The first bias is usually making structure investments too late. You write …

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