This article could really benefit from proposing a better term to use instead. The term "cargo cult programming" (or cargo cult security, or cargo cult science

This article could really benefit from proposing a better term to use instead. The term "cargo cult programming" (or cargo cult security, or cargo cult science, etc.) is a useful term and if you hope to get people to stop using "cargo cult" you need to suggest something else that works at least just as well. Perhaps "ritualistic programming"?