Software Design: Tidy First?

“Toil” is Contextual

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Kent Beck
Nov 12, 2026
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While my kids were growing up they were all in 4-H. We lived on 20 acres out of town & they all raised animals. Our annual calendar revolved around the county fair.

At the fair they would show their animals, talk to the public as folks walked through, & do usual teen hangout stuff.

The animals would make a mess—straw scattered, dirt spread around, manure.…

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