'I used a mocking library to write the tests' = The tests are all uselessly fake<p>'Were using validated design patterns' = The author I cut and pasted from wrote a book<p>'We're using a agile methodology' = Were making it up as we go along<p>'Our use of functional programming techniques will increase reliability' = I'm using the project to buff my resume<p>'Web apps are the future' = I don't know how to write native apps<p>'Web apps can't recreate the native app experience' = I don't know how to write web apps<p>'The board and management have bet the company on this project' = Sell your stock NOW (this from personal experience, twice)