The engineers wanted to write a thin encabulation module in K++, but management insisted that the engineering team use the industry standard Encabulate.moo library, and the Cows on Crack framework doesn't have a stable ABI.
I'm pretty sure that party is over. "Make Money Online with ${x}" is what you pivot to when the return on ${x} drops below the going rate for "Make Money Online" courses.
Though it would be nice to blame this on Management (who are often the root cause of all sorts of screw ups) - managers generally have no idea of, let alone interest, in build systems. We did this to ourselves.
high logical intelligence doesn't imply common sense