It's the same old same old.

A gap appears in our (strictly hypothetical) development team and suddenly we're running around like headless chickens trying to fill it.

It's a desperate situation that we've created for ourselves. Because we only actively recruit when we have an urgent vacancy, we end up with whatever and whoever happens to be available at that exact time.

It's like last-minute Christmas shopping. We run around town at 4pm on the 24th...