Not everything has to be solemn. Some things can simply be funny, weirdly earnest, and a little bit Australian. This page exists because software work goes better when a project has at least one corner where it remembers to grin.
Original inspiration: “I Love to Have a Beer with Duncan” by Slim Dusty.
Current version: the dev anthem variant — shipping, testing, CI/CD, pull requests, and the usual nonsense.
The anthem
Verse 1: Duncan
I love to code with Duncan I love to code with Dunc We review in moderation And we never ever ship bugs without tests We push to the main branch Where the CI/CD runs great I love to code with Duncan 'Cause Duncan's me mate, yeah
Verse 2: Colin
I love to code with Colin I love to code with Col We refactor in moderation And it doesn't really matter if he brings the PR wall We push to the main branch Where the CI/CD runs great I love to code with Colin 'Cause Colin's me mate
Verse 3: Kevin
I love to code with Kevin Oh I love to code with Kev We debug in moderation And he fixes the DB in his old dev env We push to the main branch Where the CI/CD runs great I love to code with Kevin 'Cause Kevin's me mate
Verse 4: Patrick
I love to code with Patrick I love to code with Pat We test in moderation And it wouldn't really matter if the tests were flat We push to the main branch Where the CI/CD runs great I love to code with Patrick 'Cause Patrick's me mate
Verse 5: Robert
I love to code with Robert I love to code with Bob We ship in moderation Just one more deploy and back on the job We push to the main branch Where the CI/CD runs great I love to code with Robert 'Cause Robert's me mate
Final Verse: Back to Duncan
I love to code with Duncan Oh I love to code with Dunc We review in moderation And we never ever ship bugs without tests We push to the main branch Where the CI/CD runs great I love to code with Duncan 'Cause Duncan's me mate, yeah
Why this lives here
Because a personal site should have at least one page that feels like a person made it. Not every page needs to optimise, persuade, convert, or posture. Some pages can just carry a voice.
Keep shipping, keep testing, keep a little bit of nonsense in the system.