#2021: Software Development
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[Cueball and Hairy are standing together and Hairy holds a power tool in his hands.]
Cueball: We need to make 500 holes in that wall, so I've built this automatic drill. It uses elegant precision gears to continually adjust its torque and speed as needed.
Hairy: Great, it's the perfect weight! We'll load 500 of them into the cannon we made and shoot them at the wall.
[Caption below the frame:]
How software development works
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Update: It turns out the cannon has a motorized base, and can make holes just fine using the barrel itself as a battering ram. But due to design constraints it won't work without a projectile loaded in, so we still need those drills.