Kent Beck shares the early stages of a new idea: that Extreme Programming (XP) is analogous to being 'long volatility' in financial trading terms. He frames this as one of his rare 'long-baked' ideas — concepts that simmer for years before crystallizing — alongside past examples like 3X (Explore/Expand/Extract) and the 'genie' metaphor for LLMs. He also reflects on the iterative, messy process of learning to explain a new idea well, noting that bad explanations repeated many times are how good ones emerge. The post serves as a teaser for deeper exploration in his paid newsletter.
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