Tower of Babel Codebase

Definitions

1. A codebase with too many languages, styles, conventions, or paradigms layered together, making it difficult to reason about as a whole.

   In plain English: A codebase made confusing by too many different technologies and styles.

   Example: "The acquisition spree left them with a tower of Babel codebase."

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