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Gas factory
A Gas factory is a phrase used to describe an unnecessarily complex system design or implementation for a relatively simpler set of requirements. The phrase draws parallels with the complex piping structures observed in oil refineries. Example usage, "I asked for a software solution not a Gas factory".
Gas factories are examples of an anti-pattern.
See also
- Functionality creep, when a physical document or other non-computer related procedure ends up serving unexpected or unplanned purposes.
- Scope creep, when the features of a project gradually increase.
- Software bloat, the inefficient use of memory and storage space.
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