Rage Programming
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
Coding while visibly angry or frustrated, usually after repeated build failures, vague requirements, flaky tests, or broken tooling. The phrase is humorous, but it points to how emotional state can distort technical judgment.
In plain English: Programming while upset and frustrated, often leading to poor decisions.
Example: "I wrote half that migration in a session of rage programming and had to clean it up the next morning."