Docs or It Didn't Happen
Oral TraditionA risk if people talk when they should write. Knowledge stays in people instead of in shared systems.
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[Intro] Where's the source of truth? Great question. It was discussed. In a meeting. Last quarter. Maybe. [Verse 1] We said it once in a crowded room Between the deck and the meeting doom The key decision took a little bow Then vanished into "someone knows it now" No page, no owner, no searchable trace Just confidence wearing a human face Ask around and triangulate Hope the memory still works great [Pre-Chorus] Words in the air Smoke in the fan Knowledge without Somewhere to land [Chorus] Docs or it didn't happen Write it down or watch it bend Docs or it didn't happen Say it once, then lose the thread Oral tradition Running the show We talked instead of writing Now the myth is what we know [Verse 2] New person asks why the rule exists Old person says there's a context twist Context hides in a hallway tale Every version starts to fail The system forgot what the people knew The people left and the myth grew Every answer, secondhand Every plan built out of sand [Bridge] Clear writing is clear thinking Put the thought where it can stand A memory is not a mechanism A meeting is not a plan If the work depends on knowing Build the knowledge a home Clear writing is clear thinking And the truth needs more than bone [Breakdown] Say it. Lose it. Repeat it. Confuse it. Say it. Lose it. Repeat it. Excuse it. [Final Chorus] Docs or it didn't happen Write it down or watch it bend Docs or it didn't happen Say it once, then lose the thread Oral tradition Running the show We talked instead of writing Now the myth is what we know