Kluge

A kluge is a term in the developer world for the kind of fix or solution to a problem that is rushed, “hacky” and not well thought out.

It’s used to describe the kind of solution that works, but you’re not proud of it.

Example

The product manager kept pinging me asking when the fix was deployed, so I shipped a kluge that just hardcoded some of the configuration, I’ll fix it properly next week.

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