gang bang
 n.

    The use of large numbers of loosely coupled programmers in an attempt to
    wedge a great many features into a product in a short time. Though there
    have been memorable gang bangs (e.g., that over-the-weekend assembler port
    mentioned in Steven Levy's Hackers), and large numbers of loosely-coupled
    programmers operating in bazaar mode can do very useful work when they're
    not on a deadline, most are perpetrated by large companies trying to meet
    unrealistic deadlines; the inevitable result is enormous buggy masses of
    code entirely lacking in orthogonality. When market-driven managers make
    a list of all the features the competition has and assign one programmer to
    implement each, the probability of maintaining a coherent (or even
    functional) design goes to epsilon. See also firefighting, Mongolian
    Hordes technique, Conway's Law.

gang bang

   The use of large numbers of loosely coupled programmers in an
   attempt to wedge a great many features into a product in a
   short time.  Though there have been memorable gang bangs
   (e.g. that over-the-weekend assembler port mentioned in
   Steven Levy's "Hackers"), most are perpetrated by large
   companies trying to meet deadlines; the inevitable result is
   enormous buggy masses of code entirely lacking in
   orthogonality.  When market-driven managers make a list of
   all the features the competition has and assign one programmer
   to implement each, the probability of maintaining a coherent
   (or even functional) design goes infinitesimal.  See also
   firefighting, Mongolian Hordes technique, Conway's Law.

   [Jargon File]