[renewiltord]

Tech debt is a thought terminating cliche. Progress is possible more easily if we talk in a Markov fashion: under present circumstances, to get X, we need to do Y.

The fact that some other Z lead to debt T is pointless CYA discussion. One can reasonably ask if a team is well performing if it frequently finds the need to redesign, but that’s a team ability meta discussion not an execution decision.

Execution is just “we’re here; we want to be there with a hope of being this other place in future; how do we get there”