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"Robust"

"Robust" means reliable, sturdy, and capable of handling edge cases or stress without breaking, though it is often applied to systems that are none of those things.

Say this instead: reliable

How "Robust" shows up at work

Technology and product teams reach for this adjective when they want something to sound battle-tested. The frequency with which robust systems then go down is why engineers have learned to treat the word as a warning.

Buzzword

We've built a robust integration that should handle the increased load.

Plain English

We've built a reliable integration that should handle the increased load.

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