Based on your comment and some of the other ones on here, I looked this up and it looks like the original meaning of “working on a tech problem in a different w

Based on your comment and some of the other ones on here, I looked this up and it looks like the original meaning of “working on a tech problem in a different way than what’s outlined in the manual” dates back to the 1950’s. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/a-short-history-of-hack/amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-o...