Make Room for Progress...

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From the collection Poetry for Project Enthusiasts

Make Room for Progress

There is never a good time for the first child,
There is never a good time for the second child,
There is never a good time to build a house,
There is never a good time for renovations,
There is never a good time for a wedding,
There is never a good time to introduce refactoring,
And there is never a good time to start writing unit tests.
In each of these cases, you simply need to make a decision,
Start doing it, and time and resources will appear,
Because they will have to…

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