Kent Beck experiments with AI coding assistants to understand how different prompting strategies affect code quality. Through a controlled experiment implementing the Rope data structure, he discovers that persona-based prompts ("code like Kent Beck") improve micro-level behaviors like testing style and naming, while explicit

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The Experiment: RopeEvolution of the ProjectConclusionsThe Bitter Lesson Applied

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