Re:Technical Debt Is Like a Tetris Game
by humanrebar on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:54AM
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It doesn't have to be a hack to be technical debt. Anything with a shelf life, even out of date design, has risk and costs. The old python 2 is technical debt even if it wasn't a hack. Something needs to be done, it's just a question of what and when.
Not an original idea but I can't remember where I heard the idea. Technical debt is the best kind of debt, because it's the only debt that you might not have to pay back.