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Mongolian Hordes Technique

/män-ˈgōl-yən hȯrds tek-ˈnēk/
n. Development by gang bang (poss. from the Sixties counterculture expression 'Mongolian clusterfuck' for a public orgy). Implies that large numbers of inexperienced programmers are being put on a job better performed by a few skilled ones. Also called 'Chinese Army technique'; see also Brooks' Law.