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Martin Fowler (born 1963) is a British software developer, author and international public speaker on software development, specializing in object-oriented analysis and design, UML, patterns, and agile software development methodologies, including extreme programming.

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So I hope I’ve made clear that imposing agile methods is a very red flag.

Hope, Imposing, Made, Method, Red, Red Flags

One of the things I've been trying to do is look for simpler or rules underpinning good or bad design. I think one of the most valuable rules is avoid duplication. "Once and only once" is the Extreme Programming phrase.

Design, Extreme, Programming, Rules, Thinking, Trying

Why is composing symphonies tough? I don't know. It's just very few people in the world can do it well. And I think that's the case with upfront design. It is very hard to do well.

Know, People, Symphony, Thinking, Upfront

If you're a technical lead, you need to be coding.

Coding, Ifs, Lead, Needs, Technical

I can only think of so many good ideas in a week. Having other people contribute makes my life easier.

Contribute, Having, Ideas, People, Thinking

I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed

Actually, Bugs, Increases, Programming, Tests, Writing

It is impossible not to notice Ruby on Rails. It has had a huge effect both in and outside the Ruby community. . . Rails has become a standard to which even well-established tools are comparing themselves to.

Become, Community, Huge, Rubies, Standard, Tools

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

Big, Bigs, Danger, Predictable, Process

Comprehensiveness is the enemy of comprehensibility.

Comprehensibility, Comprehensiveness, Enemy

I've learned to always avoid saying "always"

Avoid, I'Ve Learned, Saying

If you're afraid to change something it is clearly poorly designed.

Afraid, Change, Clearly, Designed, Ifs, Poorly

In almost all cases, I’m opposed to setting aside time for refactoring. In my view refactoring is not an activity you set aside time to do. Refactoring is something you do all the time in little bursts.

Cases, Littles, Opposed, View, Views

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

Fool, Funny, Good, Humorous, Inspirational, Programmers

Comparing to another activity is useful if it helps you formulate questions, it's dangerous when you use it to justify answers.

Activity, Answers, Comparing, Helping, Use, Useful