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Shoving a half-baked feature into the project at the last minute.

Bake In

To incorporate something as a fundamental part of a process. The magic phrase for "we totally forgot this until now, so let's pretend it was always part of the plan." Usually requested at the last minute when someone higher up realizes they forgot to specify a critical requirement. More expensive and time-consuming than doing it right the first time.

"Sure, let’s just bake in security at the end—what could possibly go wrong?"

Bake In
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