Comment by hungryhobbit
3 hours ago
To be clear, the guy who wrote this article is Martin Fowler. Fowler was the author of a book literally titled "Refactoring", which he wrote over 20 years ago (it didn't invent the term "refactoring", but it's widely credited as popularizing it).
In other words, this is not some new AI-bandwagon-jumping blogger trying to rebrand old practices as something new ... this is the guy who coined the very term "refactoring"! He's not pretending what's old is new, he's arguing that best practices from 20+ years ago remain relevant (and showing receipts).
The website is martinfowler.com, but the article seems to be written by Giles Edwards-Alexander.
Oh, I stand corrected (thanks for the catch)!
It’s an easy mistake to make, given the name of the website, but Fowler frequently hosts guest authors. This article was written by Giles Edwards-Alexander, ThoughtWorks CTO for EMEA.
My namesake, er, not quite ;).