Limited Work-in-Progress for Developers
summary
Kotlin code kata (FizzBuzzWoof) is live-coded in IntelliJ to demonstrate an experimental workflow plugin that enforces a change-size limit (demo set to 8 lines), an auto-revert timer (demoed at one minute and five minutes) and TCR (test && commit || revert) behavior that auto-commits on green tests and hard-reverts on failures. The plugin is usable (commits, reverts and nags worked), but frequent reverts create stress and force micro-steps, showing the approach favors tiny, id-driven refactorings over large edits.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 0:09Limited WIP for developers
- 22:47rushing to commit
- 28:18TDD is a WIP limiting technique
- 30:47Enabling constraints for the win!
- 51:35Part 3
- 51:47change size limit via git hooks
- 52:31gradle test && git commit -a || git reset --hard
- 57:13Is commit/push the new "Save" button?
- 57:51What about continuous updates?
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