Software Design: Tidy First?

Forest & Desert

When Complaints Are Good News

Hint--it's in Explore & Expand

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Kent Beck
Jul 10, 2026
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I was in a conversation today where folks rolling out a new product were apologetic that they couldn’t (yet) serve all the users who wanted to use the product. I took a moment to remind the team that from a 3X: Explore/Expand/Extract perspective, limiting usage is an outstandingly positive sign.

When folks say negative things to you, it can feel bad. Put…

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