I just got back from Iceland, which is an amazing country. While there, I discovered an interesting culinary habit, which I thought also has some metaphorical relevance to corporate software development. One of the traditional dishes in Iceland is hakarl, or ‘Putrid Shark’. It is exactly what it sounds like. One of the traditional drinks is brennivin, also known as ‘Black Death’. While brennivin is quite foul tasting, it does have one judicious use. It can be used to wash down the awful taste of putrid shark. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to consider what Black Death they are using as a chaser for what Putrid Shark