Feature creep Memes

The brutal reality of software development in nine frames! Starting with the luxurious mansion as the "Project Goal" (what the client wants), we quickly downgrade to a tent as the "MVP" (just enough to function). The beta version? A garden shed with windows—technically a structure! Post-beta improves slightly to a basic shed, while "Production Release" is just a half-built house with exposed blocks. Marketing somehow presents it as a mansion with a swimming pool (classic marketing move). Then come the version updates: v2.0 and v3.0 are just identical suburban houses with different paint jobs. Meanwhile, "What Users Did" with your software? They turned it upside down and painted it orange. Feature request or bug report? You decide!

Classic product development in four panels! The team builds an umbrella for a giraffe without understanding the actual problem. The manager asks if they discussed requirements with the user, and the dev sheepishly admits they thought "umbrella" was obvious. Then comes the revelation - the real user story isn't "build umbrella" but "keep giraffe dry" - which leads to a much more sensible solution: an umbrella above the giraffe's head instead of one held awkwardly in its... hooves? Hands? Whatever giraffes have. This is why we have user stories instead of feature requests. Because your client doesn't want a "login system with OAuth2 integration" - they want "customers to securely access their account without forgetting passwords." The difference is everything.