Kent Beck: a codebase's value is features plus futures — AI just speeds it up
teropa · x · 2026-10-22
Sharing Kent Beck's framing: a codebase's value = the features it currently has + the futures it allows. Adding features collapses futures, and you must work to regain them. The same applies to AI, just faster.
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