protoduction

entries/duck.txt

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+duck
+
+A software feature added simply so that management will notice it and order
+it to be removed. This gives management something to do, and makes them look
+like they are "adding value" instead of being superfluous appendages to the
+organization.
+
+"The artist working on the queen animations for Battle Chess was aware of
+this tendency, and came up with an innovative solution. He did the animations
+for the queen the way that he felt would be best, with one addition: he gave
+the queen a pet duck. He animated this duck through all of the queen's
+animations, had it flapping around the corners. He also took great care to
+make sure that it never overlapped the 'actual' animation. Eventually, it came
+time for the producer to review the animation set for the queen. The producer
+sat down and watched all of the animations. When they were done, he turned to
+the artist and said, 'that looks great. Just one thing - get rid of the duck.'"

entries/hindenbug.txt

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+hindenbug
+
+A bug with catastrophic consequences, such as deleting critical data
+or files, or causing a production line to halt.

entries/protoduction.txt

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+protoduction
+
+When your hacky prototype code ends up in production, often due to
+management pressure. "Eh, it's good enough". The term was originally
+used at Fermi lab.