Deadline

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A fixed point in time by which work is expected to be completed. In tech culture deadlines can create focus and coordination, but they also become destructive when they ignore complexity or are treated as magical truth rather than planning constraints.

    In plain English: The time by which something is supposed to be finished.

    Example: "The team respected the deadline because it was tied to a public event, but they still cut scope instead of pretending reality would bend to the original plan."

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