Robert C. Martin, known as Uncle Bob, is a programmer, author and teacher associated with Clean Code, SOLID design principles and the Agile Manifesto. His recent SwarmForge work applies explicit roles and committed handoffs to coordinating coding agents.[2][5]
Start with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship →
Links
Website Career account
GitHub Career
Martin’s career grew from embedded systems and telephone infrastructure into consulting, training and books. He became an independent consultant in 1993, helped convene the 2001 Agile Manifesto meeting and later developed video education with his family. His current homepage describes him as mostly retired.[2][1]
Contributions
SwarmForge separates agent work into isolated Git worktrees and tmux sessions. Agents exchange committed changes through handoffs while a local dashboard exposes activity, approvals and clarification requests. Different product branches configure small role pipelines or a multi-project coordinating host. The main branch contains shared runtime and installation material; a user selects the documented product rather than expecting the landing branch itself to run as the whole system.[5]
Ideas
Clean Code organizes coding practices, progressively larger case studies and a final set of heuristics. Readers inspect and revise existing code rather than learning only a list of stylistic rules. The book connects naming, functions, error handling and tests with maintainability.[4]
Tools, writing & talks
Writing, research & talks
Start here
A book teaching maintainability through coding practices, refactoring case studies and review heuristics.
Start with the book’s sample chapter and a refactoring case study. Professional programming experience helps; the publisher offers sample material, while the complete book is sold separately.
Author with contributions from Object Mentor colleagues[4]
Tools
- SwarmForgegithub.com
Role-based coding-agent coordination through worktrees, terminal sessions and committed handoffs.
Repository owner[5]Original source