Lightning Talk: Refactoring of Self
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Claim: programming practice is literally practice in refactoring of self, not just code. Uses Ruby’s notion of self and a concrete eye‑catching demo of reimplementing group_by to show how code gets rewritten by others into something smaller and clearer. Argues for shipping imperfect work, iterating fast, and treating personal skill as deployable code that gets refactored through feedback and reuse, with the outcome being steady improvement rather than instant perfection.
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