Re:Technical Debt
by goto11 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:50AM
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Technical debt is a great metaphor exactly because it suggest the suboptimal code is due to a deliberate strategic decision.
If you just say that some code is bad you will get unproductive reactions like people getting defensive, trying to assign blame etc. Calling it technical debt allow you to call attention to an issue while avoiding blaming anybody.
If you just say that some code is bad you will get unproductive reactions like people getting defensive, trying to assign blame etc. Calling it technical debt allow you to call attention to an issue while avoiding blaming anybody.