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Re:Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work? by tigerwash on Monday February 19, 2018 @06:15AM (#16412193)
Problem Slicing is the key; Kent Beck wrote an article about "Master Programming" and I'd like to take his advice whenever I encounter a problem in programming, but also in real life (e.g. coordinating tasks in work or private life): https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4n3s7c/kent_be...

> Slicing. Take a big project, cut it into thin slices, and rearrange the slices to suit your context. I can always slice projects finer and I can always find new permutations of the slices that meet different needs.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work? by chb on Monday February 19, 2018 @10:25AM (#16413400)
What do you know about the author, Kent Beck?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work? by craigching on Monday February 19, 2018 @11:10AM (#16413672)
Kent Beck is the father of TDD[1] and a well-known agile advocate

[1] — https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/387190.Test_Driven_Devel...

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Re:Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work? by the_af on Monday February 19, 2018 @11:18AM (#16413716)
Kent Beck is well-known and the creator of Extreme Programming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
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