Lipstick on a Pig
"Lipstick on a Pig"（猪涂口红）是一个英语习语，意指在本质上糟糕或丑陋的事物表面做无意义的粉饰。本文探讨了软件开发中常见的这种现象：团队花大量精力改善项目的表面（UI、文档、流程），却忽视了根本性的架构问题、技术债务或糟糕的设计。作者通过亲身经历论证，指出这种治标不治本的做法不仅浪费资源，还会让问题在未来变得更加难以解决。
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