Does "duct tape programming" mean "no design", "no elegance"? How about those pictures that you can see on wikipedia in "duct tape" entry ? Apollo 17 with duc

Does "duct tape programming" mean "no design", "no elegance"? How about those pictures that you can see on wikipedia in "duct tape" entry ? Apollo 17 with duct tape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duct_tape_apollo17.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duct_tape_apollo17.jpg Model ship made with paper and duct tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modelshipmadewithpaper.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modelshipmadewithpaper.jpg I think Joel Spolsky implied "duct tape programmers" to be those who are pragmatic and get things done, those who do not try to show off unnecessary techniques but focus on solving problems, those who do not try to play toy problems with all wonderful constructs but solve real problems with simple elegant lines of code. Did I misunderstand what Joel's essay mean?