Field Guide to Developer Behavior

demo-day denial

noun

/ˈdɛmoʊ deɪ dɪˈnaɪəl/


1

The state of insisting a feature is “basically done” the night before a demo, despite three untested edge cases and a component that only renders correctly on your machine.

“He was deep in demo-day denial, promising the client it ‘just needs a refresh’ right up until the screen share started.”