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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by jdlshore on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:34PM (#45069661)
Kent Beck went on to formalize Extreme Programming, which is a collection of practices for allowing simple systems to evolve as requirements change.
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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by evanmoran on Friday August 29, 2025 @11:05PM (#45071584)
Here’s the Extreme Programming manifesto from that time. Very similar sentiment from around two decades ago.

http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/simple.html

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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by commandersaki on Saturday August 30, 2025 @06:11AM (#45073420)
Yet its maiden project was an abject failure.
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