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Re:Using Technical Debt in Your Favor by pjc50 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @12:08PM (#16649831)
Buildings can definitely accumulate technical debt when they're put through a series of changes of use over time. It manifests as odd cable routing, inconsistent floor levels, repeatedly moved doorways, obstructed windows, etc.
Re:Using Technical Debt in Your Favor by pm215 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:32PM (#16651915)
The UK houses of parliament are a good, if perhaps extreme example of that: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/01/a-tale-of-decay...

They have now finally decided to move the MPs out so they can do the refactoring they've needed to do for years...