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by anm89 1786 days ago
As someone who makes a pretty good living cleaning up technical debt messes, I'd beg to differ.

It's remarkable how much substance there is to the technical debt metaphor.

1) There is good debt and bad debt. It's only good debt if it buys you an asset that creates a value stream.

2) There is compounding interest over time on technical debt.

3) You can metaphorically go bankrupt from technical debt. (IE total project failure and or abandonment)