A kludge or kluge is a workaround or makeshift solution that is clumsy, inelegant, inefficient, difficult to extend, and hard to maintain. Its only benefit is that it rapidly solves an important problem using available resources.

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    3 months ago

    Interesting. Didn’t know the etymology was that muddy; always thought the German origin was widely accepted.