See No Evil
Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A willful refusal to acknowledge a known problem or warning signal. In engineering slang, 'see no evil' behavior is how small issues survive long enough to become incidents.
In plain English: Deliberately ignoring a problem or warning sign.
Example: "The platform had a see no evil relationship with flaky tests, treating them as background weather until one false green finally covered up a serious regression."