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Even Hemingway Wasn't Hemingway

Talkat Rocky Mountain Ruby 2015 · 2015-09-23..09-25· [developer-experience]

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name:Ian Whitney

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video:https://youtu.be/2KqQhlYIfTs

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Claims code is writing and gets better by rewriting; refactoring must change structure, not just names. Evidence: Rails master shows tens of thousands of commits; example app Lemur IO originally loops and assigns random names, then applies structural refactoring (specifically an add-parameter refactoring) so renames pull from a user-provided list instead of the default. Tools are plain refactor patterns, comprehension edits versus structural edits; outcome is clearer design that actually changes behavior, not just style.

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