[ltwdm]

I did not get the bit about "invasive species"

[paulcole]

Blue and Flathead catfish despite being native to a good portion of the United States are considered invasive in some places (parts of Florida as well as further north in the Chesapeake Bay) where they have been illegally introduced.

There are also some tropical catfish that made it into Southern Florida that are also considered invasive.

That said, I really don't get what the author meant either.

[sqeaky]

I think he was talking about hypothetical slackers that work as FTEs. If not for their fuck ups, The spaghetti code wouldn't exist and neither would the job of cleaning it up.

[zem]

i believe he was talking about the contractors who oversell their skills and end up leaving the overall codebase worse than they found it