Software Design: Tidy First?

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Thinkie: Compared to What?

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Kent Beck
Nov 14, 2023
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Comparison is the thief of joy. But also a useful tool.

This is another highly profitable Thinkie. It doesn’t take much effort once you identify the pattern. The transformation also doesn’t take much effort, at least not until you start digging in.

Pattern: You hear a judgement without context.

Transformation: “Compared to what?”

“Development is so slow.” “…

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