Why is this "hacking"? Using this word in lieu of more suitable words like innovating, variating, changing, or adapting (for starters) devalues the word's meaning and makes light of English's amazingly diverse buffet of vocabulary and rather expansive etymological roots.
Fair enough. I (the author of the post) actually changed the title some time after posting. I wasn't happy with the word choice myself, but I couldn't find the right words.
