Empty Promise

Definitions

1. A programmer joke on promises and async code, also used for work that sounds committed but carries no real substance behind it. In engineering slang, an empty promise can mean both technical and organizational disappointment.

   In plain English: A promise in name only, either technically or organizationally, with little real substance.

   Example: "The retry helper returned an actual promise, but the migration plan was still an empty promise with no owner, tests, or realistic cutoff date."

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