critical mass
software engineering term; stage in the life cycle when the source code grows too complicated to effectively manage without a complete rewrite
en-GB/ˈkɹɪtɪkəl ˈmæs/
en-US/ˈkɹɪtɪkəl ˈmæs/
software engineering term; stage in the life cycle when the source code grows too complicated to effectively manage without a complete rewrite