All About That Spec (Lyrics)

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All about that Spec

Yeah, it's pretty clear / I've made an app or two
And I can TDD it / Like I'm supposed to do
I do that red-green / Refactor most days
All the right tests / In all the right places

I see them old-timers / Working that FORTRAN shop
We know that shit ain't real / C'mon now make it stop
If you've got agile methods / Just raise em up
'Cause every class you write is perfect / From the bottom to the top

But my managers told me / To tear down the post-it wall
Said the specification is / Written to cover it all
And we won't need no certified / Scrum master, not at all
So I hopped in their boat and we / rode down that waterfall

CHORUS:
Because you know they're all about that spec, 'bout that spec
No agile
(etc)

They're bringing COBOL back / Go on tell your ruby coders that
No I’m just playin’ / I know you think it’s bad
But I’m here to tell you
If code like it's the 70s / It just might drive you mad

Now my managers tell me / they're catching a lot of heat
Cause we’re way over budget / and deadlines are hard to meet
So I took them to Øredev, / showed them a better way.
Now that they've learned their lesson / we’ll start a new sprint today.

final Chorus:
Because, we gon' forget about that spec, 'bout that spec, go agile (etc)