Clean Code Only Works Until Requirements Change

Clean Code Only Works Until Requirements Change
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The meme perfectly captures the software development lifecycle in three tragic acts:

Act 1: A beautiful binary tree structure representing clean, modular code that makes developers shed tears of joy.

Act 2: The dreaded "but what if" requirement change appears - that moment when product managers casually suggest connecting two previously unrelated parts of your architecture.

Act 3: KABOOM! Your elegant architecture explodes into a million pieces because that one little cross-connection violates every separation of concerns principle you carefully crafted.

This is why senior developers twitch uncontrollably whenever they hear "just a small change" in sprint planning. Your pristine SOLID principles are about to meet their mortal enemy: business reality.

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