Dead Code Culture
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A culture in which unused code is tolerated, ignored, or left in place indefinitely rather than being identified and removed. Dead code culture makes systems harder to understand because everything looks important even when much of it is not.
In plain English: A team culture that tolerates leaving unused code around.
Example: "Their dead code culture meant nobody trusted grep results, because half the references pointed to paths that had not run in years."