Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
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Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
@rebeccawb.bsky.social
SW Designer/consultant/mentor, author, inventor of Responsibility-Driven Design & xDD meme, heuristica (design heuristics!), patterns enthusiast, science/engineering nerd, jogger, gardener, amateur baker

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It was in France, after all that this accident happened
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Gagnut
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Spittles!
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The cat won the argument.
October 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What workshop are you planning on attending, Bess?
October 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Great!
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Alexander, if you are designing a model, you might draw a inspiration from how people mine patterns... understanding what it is abt an area you want to focus on, what are the problems you are trying to address, given the context. Then state both values and ID building blocks that "fit" together
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Glad you enjoyed it. We need more thinking together.
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So true.

Lise Hvatum and I wrote a very personal perspective paper for this year's EuroPLoP on what it means to be a patterns community. I will post, soon. But we looked at community through Charles Vogl's work. If you are interested, happy to share
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Or, rather biased perceptions ... and biases are, well, neither inherently good nor bad. But they can cause us to not focus on what we need to focus on or ignore things that shouldn't be ignored.
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sure, models are created by people.... I get that. But the point is, we tend to forget that they are just artefacts of our (faulty) perceptions
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yeah, I can't help think about zooming in and out and Gregor Hohpe's architecture elevator metaphor is another way to think about what architects should do... be able to move into/out of details and to explain what you think at different levels of detail
September 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reminds me when I asked you how long it took to generate the data and put it on a slide presentation you gave. You are the ultimate hand crafter! And I deeply admire that perfectionistic/artistic streak in you.
September 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I got an unable to join message when I clicked on the link FWIW.
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM