On: Commonly used idioms in the tech industry

[DavidAdams]

I was disappointed that this article didn't include "cargo cult," which is my personal favorite tech industry idiom.

[kemayo → DavidAdams]

I used it in conversation with my spouse the other day and was legitimately surprised to realize that it wasn't in common usage. Or that I apparently had failed to use the term in their hearing in the past 20 years of us knowing each other.

[bookofjoe → DavidAdams]

"Cargo Cult Science" — Richard P. Feynman's 1974 Caltech commencement address:

https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm