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A comment on Ask HN: Have you ever worked on a product that was killed by technical debt?.

Re:Ask HN: Have you ever worked on a product that was killed... by hacknat on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:10AM (#13417128)
Kind of, but not really. When I complain about that product I almost always complain about marketing, intransigent leadership, etc. Ostensibly technical debt killed the product, but technical debt is almost always a symptom not a cause. Technical debt can get out of control, but you have to wonder how it got to be that way.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever worked on a product that was killed... by snarfy on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:54AM (#13417480)
It gets that way by working in a feature factory.

https://hackernoon.com/12-signs-youre-working-in-a-feature-f...

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever worked on a product that was killed... by dtertman on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @11:29AM (#13418822)
Thanks for this link. A lot of it is very familiar and it's good to see I'm not alone.
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