babies pointing at each other in a neon lit room
babies pointing at each other in a neon lit room
babies pointing at each other in a neon lit room

The Future is Here: Blame-Driven Development

Forget Agile, SAFe, or TDD. This is BDD: a methodology ensuring no code ever ships, but everyone knows exactly whose fault it was.

Designer Admits Even They Can’t Find Figma File

“We got 38 versions of the checkout flow, two of them literally called DO_NOT_USE_THIS_ONE_FINAL.”

74-Year-Old Grandma PM Outperforms McKinsey Hotshot

Barbara, nearing retirement, still unblocks more projects than Chad’s synergy quadrants ever will.

Exec Finally Learns How to Open PDF, Still Stuck on Cover

“It looks like a brochure,” he said. “Does the rest unlock at the board meeting?”

Developers Admit to Job-Security-Driven Code Chaos

“I could refactor this in 2 minutes, but I’d be laid off in 3.”

babies in a board room where the senior leader baby is wondering what happened
babies in a board room where the senior leader baby is wondering what happened

Senior Leader Immediately Questions Project's Entire Premise

Three months of workshops undone by a single “Why are we even doing this?”

outlook ui with one forward button
outlook ui with one forward button

PM Thrilled Outlook Redesign Adds Single ‘Forward’ Button

“Finally I can escalate issues without the hassle of reading them.”

Confluence Page So Bloated It Collapsed the Server

A digital transformation team’s 9,000-word “living document” on login flows, stuffed with 47 flowcharts and 300 comments, finally crashed the Confluence server.

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web developer enginnering asking claude how can blame ted without sounding like he's throwing him under the bus - assets_task_01k689g560e8zr8sje0bw39t97_1759067619_img_0.webp
web developer enginnering asking claude how can blame ted without sounding like he's throwing him under the bus - assets_task_01k689g560e8zr8sje0bw39t97_1759067619_img_0.webp

Developers Ask AI How to Assign Blame Tactfully

Reports confirm devs are increasingly turning to AI tools like Claude to reword Jira comments.

happy sales and marketing team after surprise success
happy sales and marketing team after surprise success
happy sales and marketing team after surprise success

Sales & Marketing Adopt BDD, Accidentally Predict Market

Told to make up numbers, analysts stumbled into accurate forecasts — winning huge contracts.

developer father working from home with smiling baby
developer father working from home with smiling baby
developer father working from home with smiling baby

New Dad Admits He Used to Just "Work From Home"

Before parenthood, “working from home” meant gaming, updating Jira occasionally, and browsing Reddit. “Now with a newborn, I actually work harder — just not for the company.”

corporate babies in the red amber olympics
corporate babies in the red amber olympics
corporate babies in the red amber olympics

RAG Status Olympics Kicks Off

Competing to hold “Amber” indefinitely. Extra points were awarded for creative hybrids like “Amber-Red” and “Dark Amber.” Sponsors confirmed no one actually knows what any of it means.

smirking developers asking for figma access now!
smirking developers asking for figma access now!
smirking developers asking for figma access now!

Overeager Devs Demand Figma Access Before Approvals

Developers insisted they need access to half-baked Figma files long before design sign-off. “How can I start blaming Ted early if I can’t even peek at the draft?” one engineer argued.

Design Org Structure Changed Again

Leadership proudly announced design would be re-centralized, reversing last year’s decentralization move. “Shaking up the org chart every 18 months keeps people from realizing the real problem is us,” explained the VP of Design.

Passion Music Side Project Consumes More Time Than Production Bugs

Colleagues confirmed senior dev Beth has spent more hours in Logic Pro than in the codebase this quarter. “Look, production’s always on fire,” Beth explained. “But my album? That’s clean, modular, and actually ships.”

15 Reasons Your Blame Game Off

We only thought of 14, but 15 sounded better.

My imaginary lawyer insists I tell you: this is satire. All logos stolen from Wikipedia, all humans borrowed from Sora, all wisdom forged in 10+ years of badly building software. If you follow any of this advice seriously, congratulations — you’ve perfectly embodied Blame-Driven Development.

© 2025 Blame-Driven Development Quarterly. All rights reserved.

My imaginary lawyer insists I tell you: this is satire. All logos stolen from Wikipedia, all humans borrowed from Sora, all wisdom forged in 10+ years of badly building software. If you follow any of this advice seriously, congratulations — you’ve perfectly embodied Blame-Driven Development.

© 2025 Blame-Driven Development Quarterly. All rights reserved.

My imaginary lawyer insists I tell you: this is satire. All logos stolen from Wikipedia, all humans borrowed from Sora, all wisdom forged in 10+ years of badly building software. If you follow any of this advice seriously, congratulations — you’ve perfectly embodied Blame-Driven Development.

© 2025 Blame-Driven Development Quarterly. All rights reserved.