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by Beltalowda 1368 days ago
"Tech debt" is doing things quickly now with the price that you have to clean up (i.e. invest more time) later, hence the word "debt". This is sometimes a good trade-off, just as financial debt is. Not everything that looks a bit ugly is "tech debt".

And yes, it's ugly, but reality is ugly so we have to deal with it.