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Re: by Ygg2 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @10:02AM (#46616808)
Sure, but all code is a potential future debt.

You wrote a music player that only allows one artist from list of all artists? Tech debt.

You wrote optimized assembly for x86_64? It's the year 2060, and we only support NGPU_ARM_N_LEG.

The moment your expectations change (which is all the time), your code needs to be changed, and effort isn't free.

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Re: by _heimdall on Thursday January 15, 2026 @11:12PM (#46642930)
Tech debt is not part of a financial account or disclosure though. Yes those are forms of debt, no they aren't financial debts or financial liabilities.
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Re: by Ygg2 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @12:45PM (#46670083)
Sure it isn't. It is still a financial liability. You need to sacrifice time clearing it to get to work that actually pays the bills.
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