Why do we call it “boilerplate code?”
Being a mechanical engineer by training, I always assumed it had come from the requirement that all boilers must have a nameplate affixed with a bunch of not really useful information about how it was tested. The hot water heater in your house has a boiler nameplate, and nuclear power plants have a "nameplate" rated capacity:https://www.nei.org/resources/statistics/us-nuclear-plant-ow...