Likely Normal

The temporary Band-Aid solution is the tech world’s most famous last words, right up there with “I’ll document it later” and “This won’t cause any problems.” You slap a quick fix into place, bypassing all the security protocols like a ninja dodging laser beams, fully intending to circle back once the fire’s out. But then—plot twist!—the “temporary” hack becomes the permanent foundation of your system, clinging on like that one guest who definitely said they were “just crashing for a night”… three years ago.

Now your codebase is a museum of “Oops”: hardcoded credentials gathering dust like ancient artifacts (“Ah yes, the ‘prod_password_123’ era”), config files held together by comments that lie, and a git log that reads like a horror story (“Added temp bypass… lol jk it’s forever”). The irony? That “quick fix” you swore was “just until next sprint” is now so deeply embedded, removing it would be like performing open-heart surgery with a spoon.

And let’s talk about security—or rather, the lack thereof. Nothing spices up a repo like accidentally gifting hackers your AWS keys because “Eh, it’s a private repo!” (Spoiler: It was private. Until Bob in DevOps “just needed to share it real quick.”) Lesson learned: Temporary solutions are like tattoos. Easy to add, painful to remove, and embarrassing to explain at parties.