Exercise: The Inheritance Audit

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[Verse 1]
Your software's screaming, users flee
Ten wounds that bleed consistently
But here's the twist that shocks the mind
Most cuts aren't what you thought you'd find

[Pre-Chorus]
Before you code another line
Before you architect and design

[Chorus]
Run the inheritance audit now
Seventy-thirty split somehow
Not the tech that's holding back
Human choices leave the crack
Map the pain, then ask the question
Is this code or indecision?
Inheritance audit shows the way
Thinking first, then systems play

[Verse 2]
Database crawls at turtle speed
"We need more servers," teams will plead
But dig beneath the surface layer
Missing indexes, poor prayer
The bottleneck lives in your head
Not the hardware that you've fed

[Pre-Chorus]
Before you throw more cash around
Before solutions can be found

[Chorus]
Run the inheritance audit now
Seventy-thirty split somehow
Not the tech that's holding back
Human choices leave the crack
Map the pain, then ask the question
Is this code or indecision?
Inheritance audit shows the way
Thinking first, then systems play

[Bridge]
Count them out, one through ten
Pain points haunting once again
Thirty tech, but seventy mind
Shocked by what you're gonna find
Aligned thinking leads the dance
Systems follow, not by chance

[Verse 3]
Legacy monsters eating RAM
"Rewrite everything!" they slam
But pause and trace the real disease
Unclear requirements, shifting pleas
The monster feeds on muddled thought
Not the language that you bought

[Final Chorus]
Run the inheritance audit now
Seventy-thirty split somehow
Not the tech that's holding back
Human choices leave the crack
Map the pain, then ask the question
Is this code or indecision?
Inheritance audit shows the way
Thinking first, then systems play

[Outro]
Ten pain points mapped with crystal sight
Human minds must get it right
Before aligned systems sing
Aligned thinking is the king

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