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KentBeck

2,471karma·231submissions·April 6, 2009
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Kent Beck is a programmer, author, artist, father, and singing guitarist.
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I agree about the importance of alignment. The recent evolution in my thinking is to take into account the power differentials between the folks who need to be aligned. As The Boss it's easy to s…
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This is a 40-year-old mystery for me--why is it so very hard to get agreement about when & how much to design. Moving too much of the design too soon doesn't work. Moving it too late doesn&#x…
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They're convex--small investment, small chance of a large return. Also, I've been curious what mechanism will fund creators creating & NFTs seem like a contender.
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BadCookie, you and I have different constraints. The way you're thinking about accumulating assets makes sense given a child who will need assets and can't accumulate them themselves. The wa…
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