Digital ExistentialismBafflegab
Ship It
ship itphrase
What it means
A call to release unfinished software, on the theory that users are an acceptable substitute for testing.
What it actually means
We are out of time.
How it is used in a sentence
"It's ugly but it works. Ship it."
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Digital Existentialism — Ideas that were briefly worth billions, explained by people who are briefly employed.
Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.
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