Plate Spinning

Noun · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. Managing many moving things at once, each of which needs periodic attention to keep from falling over. In engineering slang, plate spinning is what a lot of operational work feels like before teams invest in better automation or simplification.

    In plain English: Keeping many moving things balanced at once through constant attention.

    Example: "The platform lead was doing too much plate spinning across incidents, deploy reviews, and migration planning for that workload to remain healthy."

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