"Off rails" is a common enough idiom as to take priority for a native speaker.
Yes, without context I'd read it as more of a parody along the lines of "COBOL on Cogs" and "DOS on Dope" than a serious project.
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Yes, without context I'd read it as more of a parody along the lines of "COBOL on Cogs" and "DOS on Dope" than a serious project.