Lego Meme Sums Up Development: Waterfall vs Agile vs AI
alvelda · x · 2026-10-12
A Lego-brick meme contrasts three development styles: Waterfall builds a car step by step from parts, Agile iterates from skateboard to scooter to bike to motorcycle to car, while AI starts with a ridiculous overloaded green contraption and converges back to a plain blue sedan. alvelda quips that AI harnesses have blasted us past the earlier stages, though it still rings true for many.
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