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Gold Plating - as interpreted by GPT-4 & DALL-E 3
Gold Plating
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Definition
The practice of embellishing a project with unnecessary features or enhancements, turning a simple teapot into a golden monument to one’s coding hubris.
Etymology
From the metaphor of unnecessarily adding gold to an object.
Usage Example
Our project manager loves gold plating; our 'simple' app now forecasts weather on Mars.