Comment by reikonomusha

Ricing your car [1] is to make cosmetic changes to (usually) make it look faster or more powerful than it really is.

Sometimes now just refers to extremely personal cosmetic changes one makes to their OS/DM/WM/SW.

See also this old bit of computer lore [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner

[2] https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/by-others/funroll-loops/Ge...