Marie Kondo on Project Timelines: Upfront Design Sparks Joy

Description

A two-panel Marie Kondo meme. In both panels she sits on a gray couch against a wood-paneled wall in a white cardigan and floral dress. Top panel: smiling with hands clasped, captioned 'This one sparks joy.' next to a hand-drawn timeline bar where 'Design' takes a small dark-blue slice, 'Code' a large medium-blue middle portion, and 'Bug Fix' a tiny cyan sliver at the end, labeled 'time'. Bottom panel: grimacing with hands raised, captioned 'This one does not spark joy.' beside a chaotic timeline where 'Design' and 'Code' are crammed into tiny slivers at the start, followed by an overlapping scribbled mess of 'Refactor', repeated 'Bug Fix Bug Fix Bug Fix' segments filling most of the bar. The meme contrasts a healthy upfront-design project lifecycle with the all-too-common rush-to-code approach that converts the schedule into an endless bugfix-and-refactor treadmill