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Part way through Tidy First and that's how it feels. Not seeing much value over Refactoring book.
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"found them all a bit pants" Can you explain this phrase to me? I've never heard it before and I can't get the meaning from the context. Thanks
I can’t seem to find the history of it, but it essentially means somethings a bit rubbish, bad, or crap.
Pants are typically underwear in Britain, we wear trousers (Jeans, chinos, suit trousers) over our pants (boxers, y-fronts, briefs) so probably not something you’d want to show off that much.
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> what actual publicly available product has he ever produced? oh, i remember - a not very good smalltalk test framework.
See also, Bob Martin.
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I find this kind of empty criticism frustrating. Do you have anything constructive to add about this article specifically?
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I find this kind of empty criticism frustrating. Do you have anything constructive to add about this article specifically?
look at any of the bullet points in the article. it's very hard to constructivly criticise any of them, they are all so vapid. typical of beck's writings.
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> what actual publicly available product has he ever produced? oh, i remember - a not very good smalltalk test framework. See also, Bob Martin.
oh, yes. uncle bob. oh god. at one time he tried to establish himself on stackoverflow but was very quickly dumped for knowing nothing.
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I find this kind of empty criticism frustrating. Do you have anything constructive to add about this article specifically?
look at any of the bullet points in the article. it's very hard to constructivly criticise any of them, they are all so vapid. typical of beck's writings.
I think it's more likely that if you can't find anything constructive to say about it, that maybe you don't have a valid argument (your original post was an ad hominem attack after all).
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find this kind of empty criticism frustrating. Do you have anything constructive to add about this article specifically?
look at any of the bullet points in the article. it's very hard to constructivly criticise any of them, they are all so vapid. typical of beck's writings.
Well if it's so hard to criticise them, that could be an indication that there is some truth in them.
> they are all so vapid
I like that he doesn't make sweeping statements. Because in software development, to quote another great author, there is no silver bullet.
That's not a popular story to tell when you're writing a book or speaking in a conference, people like to hear simple black and white statements. But the fact of the matter is, reality is much more nuanced.