Sustainable Augmented Development • Kent Beck • YOW! 2025

This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Kent Beck - Software Engineer & Creator of Extreme Programming @KentLBeck RESOURCES https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.bsky.social https://www.kentbeck.com https://github.com/KentBeck https://twitter.com/KentBeck https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentbeck https://tidyfirst.substack.com/about ABSTRACT Genies are great at cranking out features. Unfortunately they don’t clean the kitchen as they cook. Progress slows then stops as yesterday’s expedient decision becomes today’s roadblock. What would it take to get the trajectory in red instead of the one in blue? • Development in small steps validated by automated tests • Periodic pauses in feature development to improve structure and thus increase optionality • Potentially a new approach to augmented coding manipulating the tree structure of the code, not just the tokens Sound familiar? [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 06:26 Cello-Story 08:10 Programming in uncertain times 13:03 3X: Explore Expand Extract 27:20 Feature drag 43:52 Junior developer: Profit over time 49:25 Closing thoughts 58:26 Outro Read the full abstract here: https://yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3896 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Kent Beck • Tidy First? • https://amzn.to/4gscjjK Kent Beck & Cynthia Andres • Extreme Programming Explained • https://amzn.to/3sBASDG Kent Beck • Test Driven Development • https://amzn.to/3U4AXLs Kent Beck, Fowler, John, William, Don & Gamma • Refactoring • https://amzn.to/3SFBYbN Kent Beck • Implementation Patterns • https://amzn.to/3sBlCGL https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SustainableDevelopment #SoftwareDesign #XP #TDD #JUnit #EmpiricalDesign #ExtremeProgramming #Explore #Expand #Extract #3X #Ergodicity #Coupling #ConstantinesEquation #TodayInTech #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #KentBeck CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1