# Trust Factory

DevFeed: [Trust Factory](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/trust-factory-39985.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/trust-factory>)

Author: Kent Beck

Published: 2026-06-02T13:33:57Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Software Design: Tidy First?](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/software-design-tidy-first.md>)

Topics: [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [Continuous Deployment (CD)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/continuous-deployment.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [continuous-deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/continuous-deployment.md>), [continuous-integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/continuous-integration.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary argues that software development practices can function as a "trust factory." It connects programmer testing, pairing, continuous integration, weekly planning, customer involvement, continuous deployment, refactoring, and observability with building trust among developers, customers, and teams.

## Source excerpt

"We're accumulating code faster than we are accumulating trust." Sometimes a phrase just hits.