A broken clock fixed by taping a working one over it is a perfect metaphor for every project you'll encounter during your career.

You really do see so many of those over time.

// Temporary - remove after rollout

And you do a git blame to see if you can safely remove it and the code is like 5 years old and the person has left the company.

“We’re gonna do a lift-and-shift because we don’t want any interruptions; we’ll fix it later once everything settles down.”

3 years later…

This joke gets funnier the older it is