[Intro]

Design by committee.
Move it nearer. Give it room.
Make it quiet. Make it bloom.
The cursor waits beneath the noise.

[Verse]

Victor wants the header tall.
Lee-on wants none there at all.
Sales requests a client switch;
Finance wants the numbers fixed.

Legal puts the warning first.
Marketing wants color bursts.
Support wants a guide in sight;
Product hides it on the right.

[Pre-Chorus]

Each voice arrives with one clear truth.
Each truth removes another route.
The prototype begins to bend
Before the meeting finds an end.

[Chorus]

Design by committee:
Every answer split in two.
Make it simple, make it busy;
Make it old and make it new.
When the screen displays the meeting,
The user's task goes out of sight.

[Verse]

"Use the cards." "The cards feel slow."
"Add more context." "Let it go."
"Show all options." "Hide the load."
"Keep it human." "Write in code."

I shift the filter to the right;
Someone misses it on sight.
I put it back where it began;
Someone praises the new plan.

[Chorus]

Design by committee:
Every answer split in three.
Make it global, make it custom;
Make it serve one team exactly.
When the screen repeats the meeting,
The user's task goes out of sight.

[Instrumental Break]

[Heavy Breakdown]

One hundred comments.
No clear task.
One hundred answers.
Nothing asked.

[Bridge]

I can measure hesitation.
I can time a working hand.
I cannot test a preference
That mutates when the titles change.

[Build-up]

Choose the need before the shape.
Choose the rule before the taste.
Choose the people doing work
Before the people giving notes.

[Final Chorus]

Design by committee
Built the minutes into code.
Every title found their comment;
Every user lost the road.
Let the screen reflect the workflow,
Not the loudest chair in town.

[Outro]

The comments fade from red to grey.
Four Orbit notes wait underneath.
Then one more cursor starts to type:
"Design by committee."