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The illusion of a small change, usually followed by three more small changes.

means To make a small adjustment to something, often fiddly or fine-tuned rather than sweeping.

from Tweak traces back to Old English twiccian, meaning to pluck or pinch sharply — think of tweaking someone's nose or ear, a quick pinching twist. The physical, slightly mischievous sense of a sharp little pull is the ancestor of today's meaning: a small corrective twist applied to a plan, a setting, or a piece of writing, rather than a face.

origin
from twick, to pinch or pull sharply
programmer trap
one tweak reliably spawns five new bugs
design lie
quick tweak rarely means quick
slang shift
also means wired, jittery, up all night
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