born 1961
Kent Beck is an American software engineer and one of the founders of the Agile software development movement. He is best known for his work on Extreme Programming (XP), a methodology that emphasizes customer satisfaction, flexibility, and rapid iterations in software development. Beck is also a prominent advocate of test-driven development (TDD) and has authored several influential books in the field of software engineering.
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming. Feedback is the treatment.
I'm not a great programmer. I'm just a good programmer with great habits.