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mfringel · 2015-02-26 19:12:41

What leads you to believe that it's a fairly simple change?

mantas | karma 2054 | avg karma 0.9 · | 2023-02-22 08:00:13

Why with a specifically simple change?

lallysingh | karma 9521 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2019-12-05 00:13:44+00:00

I believe it only takes a few changes to make sufficient difference. Changes that are already in action.

atdt | karma 1923 | avg karma 5.88 · | 2019-09-05 23:25:22

But it's such a trivial change...! What could go wrong?

abrodo | karma 17 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2013-09-20 14:46:37+00:00

Indeed! This is what happens when you change something. It will be interesting to see if in the long term people feel that it's simple.

qntty | karma 2903 | avg karma 3.24 · | 2016-08-26 14:23:46+00:00

It says that change is easier than it might seem.

kwertyoowiyop | karma 2878 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2021-04-21 16:45:26

A “simple” change can still require major effort to evaluate. Bogus logic on their part.

LaMarseillaise | karma 302 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2016-11-18 19:49:59+00:00

It seems a bit like that Kent Beck quote, "make the change easy (warning: this may be hard), then make the easy change."

totally | karma 179 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2017-06-29 11:20:21+00:00

It's easy to imagine changes being made by folks who don't truly understand what's going on, being made on top of changes that were made by folks who didn't truly understand what's going on.

jalfresi | karma 944 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2017-03-08 14:45:43

I've seen this expressed as "make the change easy; then make the easy change"

H8crilA | karma 7944 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2021-06-03 07:47:07

I don't know what assumptions/mindset you'd have to start with to think it's a great change. You simply get less information.

Maksadbek | karma 946 | avg karma 13.14 · | 2022-04-21 05:50:36

IMO, These changes does not look that simple.

codeulike | karma 12665 | avg karma 4.84 · | 2018-04-20 15:35:48+00:00

So how does change happen?

rtkwe | karma 9876 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2014-09-09 18:51:21+00:00

Any comments on how easy or hard the change would be are.

philliphaydon | karma 7580 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2019-11-26 23:47:10

What sort of change?

sigzero | karma 4147 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2023-10-19 08:22:23

There are ALWAYS changes. I can't (or don't) believe anyone actually really believes it when that is stated.

msigwart | karma 36 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2020-06-24 13:24:13+00:00

As Kent Beck says [0]: "for each desired change, make the change easy (warning: this may be hard), then make the easy change"

[0] https://twitter.com/KentBeck/status/250733358307500032

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mathw | karma 1497 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2017-01-04 14:11:21+00:00

Well said. Changing it is easy, actually making it better is rather tricky.

nerdponx | karma 22397 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2016-12-29 01:34:07

Changing how? And why?

cscurmudgeon | karma 2720 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2023-07-23 18:48:56

Why is the change needed?