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The XP philosophy is to start where you are now and move towards the ideal. From where you are now, could you improve a little bit? — Kent Beck

The system metaphor is a story that everyone
customers, programmers, and managers
can tell about how the system works. — Kent Beck

I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre programmer. — Kent Beck

First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer. — Kent Beck

Make it work, make it right, make it fast. — Kent Beck

A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen. — Kent Beck

Listening, Testing, Coding, Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something. — Kent Beck

I think it's a combination of technical and social factors that leads to all the defects in deployed software. — Kent Beck

the XP strategy is "design always. — Kent Beck

I found out that most programmers don't like to test their software as intensely as I do. — Kent Beck

The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is. — Kent Beck

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits. — Kent Beck

Extreme programming is an emotional experience. — Kent Beck

If testing costs more than not testing, then don't test. — Kent Beck

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail. — Kent Beck

There is a strong movement towards increased accountability for software developers and software development organizations. — Kent Beck

Sometimes the problem has to mature before the solution can mature. — Kent Beck

Beta testing is a symptom of weak testing practices and poor communication with customers. — Kent Beck

Agitator and the Agitar Management Dashboard lower the barriers to accountability in software development and increase the value of developer testing. — Kent Beck

There's a huge latent market for software development that's just flat-out honest. — Kent Beck

Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment. — Kent Beck

Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility. — Kent Beck

Learning research tells us that the time lag from experiment to feedback is critical ... — Kent Beck

If I'd had a charisma-ectomy in the beginning, XP would have gone nowhere. — Kent Beck

I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer. — Kent Beck

Brilliance in a scientist does not consist in being right more often but in being wrong about more interesting topics. — Kent Beck

Used Pluggable Adaptor, which we promise not to use again for four months, minimum, because it makes code hard to statically analyze. — Kent Beck

My great-grandfather played organ for silent movies. Talkies in, Gramps out. — Kent Beck

Developer testing is an important step towards accountability. It gives developers a way to demonstrate the quality of the software they produce. — Kent Beck

Without planning, we are individuals with haphazard connections and effectiveness. We are a team when we plan and work in harmony. — Kent Beck

A rational model of software is to design it quickly - the economic pressure to improvise presents an interesting challenge. — Kent Beck

The world is changing, and I believe that, if I want to stay employed as a programmer, I'm going to have to change with it. — Kent Beck

The problem is, in software design, often the consequences of your decisions don't become apparent for years. — Kent Beck