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Why we picked it Beck argues for small, cheap tidyings over grand restructurings, and gives you a way to reason about when cleanup is worth it. He frames design as a series of reversible decisions with real costs and options, which is exactly the mindset to resist a premature rebuild. Short and practical for a founder who codes.
Tidy First? A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design
From O'Reilly Media (Kent Beck) by Kent Beck 120 pages
- Prefer small reversible tidyings over large restructurings
- Only tidy where it makes the next change easier
- Treat design choices as economic decisions, not aesthetics
