It&#x27;s its sibling, Already Invented Here. Every kludge makes sense in the context of the system state when it was implemented, but that leads to a system where &#x2F;everything&#x2F; ends up a kludge. Management didn&#x27;t want to invest any time in fixing a system that already &quot;worked&quot;, so 30 years of temporary fixes turned it into an absolute monstrosity.