Martin Fowler

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Chief Scientist at Thoughtworks, author, and speaker on software development. Known for books on Refactoring and Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. Co-author of the Agile Manifesto.

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How AI Will Change Software Engineering

by gergely-orosz, martin-fowler

Martin Fowler argues AI represents the biggest shift in software engineering since assembly to high-level languages—not because of abstraction level, but because we now work with non-deterministic systems.

ai llm software-architecture best-practicesJan 4, 2026

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by martin-fowler

The definitive guide to improving code structure without changing behavior. Fowler catalogs refactoring techniques with clear examples, making messy code maintainable.

refactoring software-design best-practices code-quality design-patternsJan 3, 2026