[Verse 1] Deployed the update Friday night, everything looked clean Users loved the faster load, performance was pristine But Monday brought a flood of calls, the database was fried Those speedier queries hammered RAM, the servers nearly died [Chorus] Second-order thinking, see the domino cascade What happens after what happens, don't let consequences fade Ripple effects keep spreading, far beyond your first design Think two moves ahead now, see the hidden bottom line [Verse 2] Added cache to fix the lag, response times dropped real low But storage costs went through the roof, expenses start to grow Memory bloated, cleanup failed, the system starts to crawl One simple optimization caused the platform's downfall [Chorus] Second-order thinking, see the domino cascade What happens after what happens, don't let consequences fade Ripple effects keep spreading, far beyond your first design Think two moves ahead now, see the hidden bottom line [Bridge] Ask yourself the deeper questions What breaks when this succeeds? Who gets hurt when traffic doubles? What happens when the system bleeds? Every choice spawns new reactions Chart the web before you act [Verse 3] Microservices seemed so smart, each component stood alone But network calls multiplied, latency had grown Debugging cross-service errors became a living hell The cure became the poison that made the whole system swell [Chorus] Second-order thinking, see the domino cascade What happens after what happens, don't let consequences fade Ripple effects keep spreading, far beyond your first design Think two moves ahead now, see the hidden bottom line [Outro] Map the aftershocks before they strike Trace the threads that intertwine Second-order consequences Save you every single time
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