I always heard it used for things that were overbuilt and required too many resources, especially human resources. Door motion detector broken? a human hittin

I always heard it used for things that were overbuilt and required too many resources, especially human resources. Door motion detector broken? a human hitting a manual door open button when they see people is "stupid but it works". Need to build a bridge but don't have an engineer? Piling rubble in the water until you get a path across is "stupid but it works".