Cleanup Glossary

Browse 9 cleanup terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

9 Cleanup Terms

Code Corpse
A piece of code that is effectively dead but still lying around in the repository, often because no one has proven it safe to remove. In engineering slang,...
Code Diet
A deliberate effort to reduce code volume, complexity, or dependency count. In engineering slang, a code diet frames cleanup as trimming what no longer earns...
Code Exorcist
A joking title for someone brought in to remove bizarre, haunted-feeling behavior from a system. In engineering humor, the code exorcist specializes in bugs...
Code Hoarder
A person or team that keeps old code, utilities, branches, or features around far past the point where they should be archived or removed. In engineering...
Code Janitor
A self-deprecating or appreciative label for someone who spends significant time cleaning up code, deleting dead paths, fixing style drift, updating docs, and...
Code Laundry
A joking phrase for routine cleanup work on a codebase, such as renaming, formatting, untangling small messes, or clearing out backlog grime that makes...
Code Raid
A short, intense, coordinated push to tackle a specific technical area, often by a small group. In engineering slang, a code raid sounds more tactical than a...
Defer
A Go language keyword that schedules a function call to be executed when the enclosing function returns, regardless of how it returns (normal return, panic, or...
Tear Down
To dismantle, remove, or fully take apart a system, environment, or argument. In engineering slang, tearing something down can mean cleanup after a test or a...

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