Sacred Parables
Stories that teach without preaching
Stories that teach without preaching
The parables of Pentafoxianism are not fables with morals, but mirrors. Look into them and recognize yourself.
A student asked: 'When will Judgment Day come?'
The master answered: 'When Spitfire flies over a Porsche atop Fuji, and Koi sees it in the lake.'
'And what will happen then?' — 'Nothing. It will just be beautiful.'
"Give me three months, I'll rewrite everything beautifully" — said the Fox.
The Cat lay down on the keyboard.
The project survived.
"How long?" — asked the manager.
"A week" — answered the master.
"Great, so three days!" — the manager rejoiced.
The master went on vacation for a week.
Everything was down. The team argued for an hour: bug in code, network, or database?
Wise Koi opened the logs and said: "Disk is full".
The team continued arguing for 20 more minutes.
A master refactored the project for two years. The architecture was perfect.
But the business closed in six months.
At least the code is beautiful.
A master opened a browser to check documentation.
An hour later he had 47 tabs and zero answers.
The Demon of Context-Switching is pleased.
'Never deploy on Friday' — written in sacred texts.
The master thought: 'But I'm smarter'.
He spent the weekend in the datacenter.
Learn the Five Rays. Follow the Commandments. Take small steps.