Mongolian Hordes technique n.
[poss. from the Sixties
counterculture expression `Mongolian clusterfuck' for a public
orgy] Development by gang bang. Implies that large numbers of
inexperienced programmers are being put on a job better performed
by a few skilled ones (but see bazaar). Also called
`Chinese Army technique'; see also Brooks's Law.
[poss. from the Sixties
counterculture expression `Mongolian clusterfuck' for a public
orgy] Development by gang bang. Implies that large numbers of
inexperienced programmers are being put on a job better performed
by a few skilled ones (but see bazaar). Also called
`Chinese Army technique'; see also Brooks's Law.
Related:
- Mongolian Hordes technique: [poss. from the Sixties counterculture
expression `Mongolian clusterfuck' for a public orgy]
n.
Development by {gang bang}. Implies that large numbers... - gang bang n.
The use of large numbers of loosely coupled
programmers in an attempt to wedge a great many features into a
product in a short time.
Though there have been memorable gang bangs (e.g... - gang bang: n. The use of large numbers of loosely coupled
programmers in an attempt to wedge a great many features into a
product in a short time.
Though there have been memorable gang bangs (e.g... - Chinese Army technique n.
Syn.
Mongolian Hordes technique... - Chinese Army technique: n. Syn. {Mongolian Hordes technique}.
The AI Hackers... - firefighting n.
1. What sysadmins have to do to correct
sudden operational problems.
An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new... - firefighting: n. 1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden
operational problems.
An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new... - bazaar n.,adj.
In 1997, after meditatating on the success
of Linux for three years,
the Jargon File's own editor ESR wrote an analytical... - Brooks's Law prov.
"Adding manpower to a late software
project makes it later" -
a result of the fact that the expected advantage...
From the same category:
- ABEND /a'bend/, /*-bend'/ n.
[ABnormal END]
1.
Abnormal termination (of software); crash; lossage... - creationism n.
The (false) belief that large,
innovative software designs can be completely specified... - quarter n.
Two bits. This in turn comes from the `pieces
of eight' famed in pirate movies -
Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into... - TMRC and the MIT hacker culture of the early '60s seems to
have developed in a milieu that remembered and still used some WWII
military slang (see also foobar).
It seems likely that ... - dump n.
1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information
about a problem or the state of a system,
especially one routed to the slowest available output...
