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When an AI agent runs out of forward progress, throw the project away and start over rather than trying to tweak it.
Drawn from what Kent Beck said
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What Kent Beck actually said
Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.
Creator of extreme programming and test-driven development
the genie runs out of g runs itself out of options it can't make further forward progress and so I'll wipe it away start over I won't try and tweak I'll start over and say all right well if I implement things in a different order. If I implement with this markdown file or if I implement it with this commit hook, we collectively need to try absolutely everything.
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