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@CuriousAgilist @jlacar I don't remember the original context, and if it was in the context of an article, I can't find it. Searching google, it's not clear that I'm the only, or the first, person to say it. Charging on, Junilu is certainly right that while the TDD cycle seems simple enough ... /1
@CuriousAgilist @jlacar ... doing TDD well is difficult, not easy. As for #DTSTTCPW, the original of that was first used in my life by Kent Beck, who used to ask "What's the simplest thing that could possibly work". Kent may have learned it from or used it when working with Ward. /2
@CuriousAgilist @jlacar Now I perverted that idea, taking it to DO the simplest thing. Kent's formulation gets you thinking of simple solutions and mine is more about trying the simplest thing you can think of. Here, the context is different, at least at first. /3
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