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I actually thought this was about those projects you make for a client that will never end. Clients that keep coming back with more and more changes. Usually accompanied by a Project Manger that's afraid of the client. I ocasionally have nightmares of pressure cookers after working on a terrible website for more than a bloody year.


Extra bonus points if the original tech stack used on the website was wildly inappropriate because "it's only going to be a small website to do x"

And big globs of functionality keep getting grafted on until the point where you're terrified to touch anything in case it all falls apart.


Indeed. I did not know it at the time but it's called The Salami Technique'. Works best if you've got an inexperienced or scared Project Manager.




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