In the field of software development, Priyankism is the unfortunately common phenomenon of code that looks sensible at face value, but after close inspection is actually redundant and/or misleading.
The terms originates from mythical developer Priyanka R. who was notorious for sprinkling all the software she touched with this kind of code.
The terms originates from mythical developer Priyanka R. who was notorious for sprinkling all the software she touched with this kind of code.
Developer A: "Man, I spent an hour trying to understand what this function actually does, and it turns out it was doing absolutely nothing!"
Developer B: "Tell me about it! That codebase is full of Priyankisms"
Developer B: "Tell me about it! That codebase is full of Priyankisms"
by cynicalcoder May 25, 2022
Back-formation of "Satinder (the destroyer of software)".
Mostly used in software development.
To entirely screw up a perfectly well-written piece of software by allowing a certain type of developer to make "changes" to it.
Mostly used in software development.
To entirely screw up a perfectly well-written piece of software by allowing a certain type of developer to make "changes" to it.
Software Developer 1: Hey, how did project X go last year?
Software Developer 2: Tell me about it... The project manager decided to satind the development team, and after a few months nobody wanted to touch the code-base anymore... They are thinking of rewriting the whole thing now...
Software Developer 2: Tell me about it... The project manager decided to satind the development team, and after a few months nobody wanted to touch the code-base anymore... They are thinking of rewriting the whole thing now...
by cynicalcoder December 14, 2023