Dev-culture meme: every methodology eventually collapses into 'Deadline Driven Development'

mjuric · x · 2026-10-25

An O'Reilly-style parody book cover is making the rounds: the White Rabbit clutching a pocket watch, titled Deadline Driven Development — Just Make It Happen, tagged "We don't know what we want, but we want it fast."

The joke: every development methodology eventually collapses into deadline-driven development; the rest are just what teams call it in the retro.

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