gang bang

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., that over-the-weekend
   assembler port mentioned in Steven Levy's Hackers), and large numbers
   of loosely-coupled programmers operating in {bazaar} mode can do very
   useful work when they're not on a deadline, most are perpetrated by
   large companies trying to meet unrealistic deadlines; the inevitable
   result is enormous buggy masses of code entirely lacking in
   {orthogonal}ity. When market-driven managers make a list of all the
   features the competition has and assign one programmer to implement
   each, the probability of maintaining a coherent (or even functional)
   design goes to {epsilon}. See also {firefighting}, {Mongolian Hordes
   technique}, {Conway's Law}.
    

gang bang

   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. that over-the-weekend assembler port mentioned in
   Steven Levy's "Hackers"), most are perpetrated by large
   companies trying to meet deadlines; the inevitable result is
   enormous buggy masses of code entirely lacking in
   {orthogonal}ity.  When market-driven managers make a list of
   all the features the competition has and assign one programmer
   to implement each, the probability of maintaining a coherent
   (or even functional) design goes infinitesimal.  See also
   {firefighting}, {Mongolian Hordes technique}, {Conway's Law}.

   [{Jargon File}]