In part two of our interview with Dave Thomas, we dive into some of his other contributions to the community, including coining the phrase “DRY” (Don’t Repeat Yourself), popularizing the code kata, and signing the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. We explore the impacts of these contributions, particularly to code newbie community.

• Braintree (sponsor)
• Digital Ocean (sponsor)
• Agile Is Dead
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• SOLID
• DRY
• Code Kata

• Agile Is Dead (Saron)
• Project Euler (Saron)
• Mythical Man Month (Dave)
• Elixir (Dave)
• Sponsored Shoutout: Braintree click for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free (Saron)
• Sponsored Shoutout: Digital Ocean promo code "CodeNewbie" for $10 credit (Saron)
• Codewars (Saron)