CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt

Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by gbxyz on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:24AM (#48617909)

As a former CTO, nothing is less likely to make me believe a claim than prefixing it with "CTOs agree..."

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by lioeters on Sunday June 21, 2026 @08:06AM (#48618201)

Nine of out of ten CTOs recommend Agentic™. Use it or your company will be left behind! Side effects include cognitive atrophy, uncontrollable logorrhea, loss of context and purpose in life, and occasional torment nexus.

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by bsenftner on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:41AM (#48618018)

Exactly, this is an advertisement for their CTO dinner clubs.

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by Jgrubb on Sunday June 21, 2026 @08:08AM (#48618208)

On the other hand, basically every beat lines up with our experience, so :man-shrugging:

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by tgv on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:54AM (#48618122)

Also when you add: "at other companies. We at ACME Corp. have got everything under control."?

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by mathgeek on Sunday June 21, 2026 @08:25AM (#48618322)

I hear the dentist that doesn’t agree with the other nine is more interesting at parties.

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by Y-bar on Sunday June 21, 2026 @08:38AM (#48618407)

Most of the time that dentist is more alike JFK Jr than Alfred Wegener, unfortunately.

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Re:CTOs Agree: Cognitive Debt Is the New Technical Debt by bregma on Sunday June 21, 2026 @08:29AM (#48618354)

I'm willing to wager most CTOs would agree with you.

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