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Cargo cult (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] tom@jlai.lu 5 points 4 months ago

Cargo cults themselves have likely been overinterpreted: documented cases are relatively few and historically specific, rather than a widespread or enduring phenomenon. Still, the image is powerful, which is why cargo cult programming works so well as a metaphor. Ritualistically copying code without understanding how it works is extremely common in software development.