Glossary:
Big Ball of Mud: a poorly structured, sprawling, and difficult-to-maintain system that lacks a clear architectural design
Boat Anchor: a part of a system is kept in that system despite it no longer having any use
Design by Committee: implementing feedback from all relevant parties and finding a compromise that works for everyone (weakens the platform's output and value to its users)
Bikeshedding: the tendency to spend too much time discussing trivial matters and too little time discussing important matters
Analysis Paralysis: overthinking or excessive analysis leading to a lack of action or decision-making
Groupthink: when a group values consensus over the quality of the decision
Moral Hazard:
where the risk-taking party to a transaction knows more about its intentions than the party paying the consequences of the risk
Intellectual Violence: when someone who understands a theory, technology, or buzzword uses this knowledge to intimidate others in a meeting situation
Cargo Cult: anyone
inexperienced with the problem at hand copies some program code from one
place to another with little understanding of how it works or whether
it is required
Silver Bullet: a single approach, tool, technology, or methodology that can solve all problems or challenges