Acceptance-criteria Memes

Your code is out here defying the laws of physics, hovering majestically in mid-air with rocket boosters, while the acceptance criteria is just sitting there like "I asked for a sedan that gets you from point A to point B." You started with a simple feature request—maybe add a button, validate some input, return a 200 status code. But somewhere between the initial commit and the PR review, your implementation grew wings, thrusters, and possibly sentience. Sure, it doesn't pass the unit tests, but can the unit tests do this ? *gestures at flying car* The product owner wanted basic CRUD operations. You delivered a distributed microservices architecture with real-time event streaming and blockchain integration. They wanted a login form. You built OAuth2 with biometric authentication and quantum encryption. Close enough, right?