Common sense Memes

Ah yes, the tea bag floating on top instead of steeping properly—exactly how features work without documentation. Developer thinks it's "common sense" that you're supposed to remove the staple and dunk the bag. User just plops the whole thing in and wonders why their experience tastes like disappointment and metal. Six months later, the same developer will stare at their own code wondering what dark magic they were attempting.

Developer: "Tea bags are so intuitive they don't need instructions." End user: *dunks entire tea bag, wrapper and all, into hot water* And that's why we write documentation for even the most "obvious" features. Users will find ways to break your software that you couldn't imagine in your worst fever dreams. The line between intuitive and incomprehensible is thinner than your project deadline.

Every dev has said it: "It's so intuitive, why waste time documenting it?" Fast forward six months, and you're staring at your own code like it's hieroglyphics written by a caffeinated squirrel. That tea bag floating in water is the perfect metaphor - what seems crystal clear to you now becomes a murky, unidentifiable mess for the poor soul (probably future you) who has to figure out what the hell you were thinking. Documentation isn't for today's genius you; it's for tomorrow's confused you who just wants to go home.