Apparently the phrase cargo cult software engineering is not common anymore. Explains these things perfectly.

I end up explaining this term to every junior developer that doesn't know it sooner or later, the same way I explain bike shedding to all PMs that don't know it... often sooner, rather than later.

It seems to really help if you can put a term to it.

Heh, I was gonna say cargo cult might mean something different in today’s programming landscape but then I thought about it for a second and it actually reinforces th meaning.