Is there an English word for a "product made by tinkering".
Such as "Bastel" in German, or "bricolage" in French.
If you need an example sentence:
Das ist keine Software, das ist ein(e) Bastel(ei).
Ce n'est pas du
logiciel, c'est un bricolage.
(That's not software, that's a ____ )
Connotation of this is, that the quality is, shall we say, "repulsive"/quick-and-dirty.
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I think this diagram from a Quora answer covers it nicely: