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chasly - supports Monica
chasly - supports Monica
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I suggest 'degrade', e.g.

"Developers very often degrade the software when their intention is to improve it."

"Software decay is a key concern for large, long-lived software projects. Systems degrade over time as design and implementation compromises and exceptions pile up.""Software decay is a key concern for large, long-lived software projects. Systems degrade over time as design and implementation compromises and exceptions pile up."

An Empirical Study of Design Degradation: How Software Projects Get Worse over Time https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7321186

In fact there is a humorous/sarcastic term commonly used by software developers but I can't remember it! I suggest you ask on a specialist computing site.

I suggest 'degrade', e.g.

"Developers very often degrade the software when their intention is to improve it."

"Software decay is a key concern for large, long-lived software projects. Systems degrade over time as design and implementation compromises and exceptions pile up."

An Empirical Study of Design Degradation: How Software Projects Get Worse over Time https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7321186

In fact there is a humorous/sarcastic term commonly used by software developers but I can't remember it! I suggest you ask on a specialist computing site.

I suggest 'degrade', e.g.

"Developers very often degrade the software when their intention is to improve it."

"Software decay is a key concern for large, long-lived software projects. Systems degrade over time as design and implementation compromises and exceptions pile up."

An Empirical Study of Design Degradation: How Software Projects Get Worse over Time https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7321186

In fact there is a humorous/sarcastic term commonly used by software developers but I can't remember it! I suggest you ask on a specialist computing site.

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chasly - supports Monica
chasly - supports Monica
  • 12.5k
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  • 40

I suggest 'degrade', e.g.

"Developers very often degrade the software when their intention is to improve it."

"Software decay is a key concern for large, long-lived software projects. Systems degrade over time as design and implementation compromises and exceptions pile up."

An Empirical Study of Design Degradation: How Software Projects Get Worse over Time https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7321186

In fact there is a humorous/sarcastic term commonly used by software developers but I can't remember it! I suggest you ask on a specialist computing site.