Why almost every ‘Temporary’ Workaround is Permanent (Chapter 8)

Somewhere around month four of any project I've worked on, someone says a version of the same sentence. "Just hardcode it for now, we'll fix it after the release." Nobody arguing against it and they genuinely believe it's temporary. The problem isn't the shortcut itself, sometimes a shortcut is the correct call. The problem is that "temporary" has...