optimization

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Definition

The corporate obsession with making everything as efficient as theoretically possible, often while ignoring practical reality. It's the process of tweaking systems until they're technically perfect but somehow more complicated than before. Engineers love it, everyone else just wants things to work.

Example Usage

After six months of optimization, our checkout process was 2% faster but required three additional team meetings per week.

Source: Common industry terminology

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