1. Positive statement referring to a strange or
innovative programming or technical task, project or idea.
2. Technical wonder; remarkable technical achievement.
3. Negative statement referring to an un-optimized, lazy or
otherwise ignorant method of programming that somehow (or sometimes) gets the job done (
eventually).
Positive: "The spyware code Joe Snuffy created was hacktastic!"
Negative: "This code is hacktastic. It either
returns the correct data or crashes the client. Please fix it."