Meeting Minutes

Firing Bob

Separation Meeting

April 8th, 2026

Attendance

  1. Martin Fowler
  2. Andy Hunt
  3. Dave Thomas
  4. Brian Kernighan
  5. Tim O'Reilly

Agenda

  • Fire Bob
  • Console Bob
  • Hire a "replacement" (LLM) for Bob

Unfinished Business

  • Find a less meaningful name for this meeting
  • Make all functions longer
  • Make all functions longer

New Business

  • Find an even less meaningful name for this meeting
  • Remove all style guides

Meeting Comments

O'Reilly: "Sorry Bob, we are going to have to let you go."

Fowler: "Due to recent advances in AI, we have deemed 'Clean Code' to be impossible, and thus your work no longer is needed at this company."

Hunt: "Don't worry too much, they are gonna get rid of all of us sooner or later."

Kernighan: "Who reads these days anyway..."

Diagram from Meeting

Bob's exit diagram

Video from Meeting

Video Information

This video clip is taken from the movie "Office Space" (1999)

Audio from Meeting

Audio Information

This audio clip is taken from the movie "Office Space" (1999)