Set It and Forget It
Verb Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A phrase for configuring something once and assuming it can run unattended indefinitely. In engineering slang, this is either the dream of good automation or the beginning of future surprise depending on monitoring and ownership.
In plain English: Configure something once and assume it will keep working without further attention.
Example: "They treated the sync job as set it and forget it, which is why nobody noticed the silent partial failures until customers asked about missing data weeks later."