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Thinkie: Reinforcing Loop

Pattern 1: You have a situation where the worse it gets, the worse it seems to get

Dec 18, 2025 • Kent Beck

Tidying: Canonical Order

I’m thankful for your support of Tidy First.

Nov 28, 2025 • Kent Beck

Thinkie: Influence Diagram

How do effects affect effects?

Nov 20, 2025 • Kent Beck

Intentions & Actions

Git as an example

Nov 11, 2025 • Kent Beck

Separate Failed Assertions from Unexpected Exceptions?

A seemingly-minor detail of test framework design turns out to depend on context

Oct 16, 2025 • Kent Beck

Teaching Augmented Coding

First Impressions

Oct 8, 2025 • Kent Beck

Thinkie: Aligning Incentive

Pattern: people are working at cross purposes.

Sep 18, 2025 • Kent Beck

Switching Scale

A genie-commanding superpower

Sep 5, 2025 • Kent Beck

Genies Getting Stuck

As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly

Aug 27, 2025 • Kent Beck

Pattern: You aren’t getting enough resources coming in externally to be successful

Aug 26, 2025 • Kent Beck

Leaving the Nest

A newsletter business update

Aug 22, 2025 • Kent Beck

Pitting genies against each other can result in better outcomes

Aug 18, 2025 • Kent Beck

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