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Yeah. It's "engineering".

Wikipedia's introductory paragraph to the subject includes the following sentence:

> Engineering involves balancing competing demands such as safety, performance, aesthetics, cost, laws and regulations, and time, while operating within fundamental limits such as the laws of physics.

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering)

I realize the word is overloaded now and that people are confusing writing programs and other cerebral pursuits with engineering, but that doesn't change its original definition.

Good question, sometimes engineering that leads to a creation which is “purpose built”.

This is arguably what MVP is supposedly to mean

Even-engineering?

I think there’s value in the concept of “an uninteresting amount”. When I cooked breakfast I used my stove and a pan and stuff and I put some seasoning on. Even though I enjoyed my morning routine, I’m unable to produce any fascinating trivia about the process or the result.