hack up

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

hack up
 vt.

   To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a hack in sense 1
   (a quick hack). Contrast this with {hack on}. To hack up on implies a
   {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing system. Contrast {hacked
   up}; compare {kluge up}, {monkey up}, {cruft together}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

hack up

   <jargon> To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a
   quick hack.  Contrast this with {hack on}.  To "hack up on"
   implies a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing
   system.  Contrast {hacked up}; compare {kluge up}, {monkey
   up}, {cruft together}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (2003-09-02)

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