Kodsnack 615 - All I had to do was break the build, with Kent Beck and Beth Andres-Beck

Recorded on-stage at Øredev 2024, Fredrik talks to Kent Beck and Beth Andres-Beck about development practices, code reviews, and more.

Unfortunately, sound quality is a lot worse than it should be. We apologize, and invite any sound processing wizards out there to get in touch if they have solid ways of improving it.

Has there actually been a backlash - a move toward more rigid processes? And what can we do about that? The development process is a shadow cast by the power structure, and in big organizations, you need someone who’s job it is to read all the documents.

Also: improving code reviews, and how breaking the build can land you in a room with exactly the right people.

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Links

• Øredev
• All the presentation videos from Øredev 2024
• Kent
• Beth
• We’re good at writing software - Kent and Beth’s keynote
• Waterfall
• Cowboy coding
• Delightful code reviews - blog post by Beth, there doesn’t seem to be a video to link to
• Beth’s blog post about code reviews
• Kent’s newsletter
• Support us on Ko-fi!

Titles

• The waterfall’s coming back
• Cowboy teams
• How to critique effectively
• A lot easier to manage
• All the way to the forest
• All I had to do was break the build