Monkey Coding
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
Mindless repetitive coding done without much reflection, usually because the work has been reduced to mechanical copying or rote changes. In engineering slang, monkey coding is a smell that automation or better abstraction may be overdue.
In plain English: Repetitive mechanical coding done with little thought.
Example: "The migration asked for so much monkey coding across nearly identical handlers that the team eventually stopped and wrote a generator instead."