Code Windmill
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
Work that keeps spinning visibly without producing much forward progress. In engineering slang, code windmills are all motion and little actual movement toward the goal.
In plain English: Technical effort that spins and spins without achieving enough real progress.
Example: "The repeated patch-and-retry loop had become a code windmill, consuming review time without resolving the underlying state corruption."