Code Ritual
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A repeated engineering behavior that may have started for good reasons but is now followed more from habit than fresh understanding. In engineering slang, code rituals can be useful discipline or empty ceremony depending on whether the rationale still holds.
In plain English: A repeated coding or release habit that may be more ritual than necessity.
Example: "The pre-release checklist had become a code ritual until someone finally asked why three of the steps still existed and discovered two no longer served any purpose."