Software Garden

Definitions

1. A metaphor for a codebase or platform that needs regular tending, pruning, and healthy growth. In engineering slang, a software garden improves when teams treat maintenance as continuous care rather than emergency cleanup.

   In plain English: A codebase seen as something that needs steady care and tending.

   Example: "They started treating the service as a software garden, which changed priorities from heroic rewrites to regular cleanup and thoughtful planting."

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