I've always felt that the damage done by technical debt was abysmal and frequently underestimated. - opportunity cost for the product since you aren't fast eno

I've always felt that the damage done by technical debt was abysmal and frequently underestimated. - opportunity cost for the product since you aren't fast enough to chase new revenue channels, this cost is almost invisible, - the product can become plainly unable to run on newer platforms because of debt, - unpleasantness of the codebase that will lead to loosing engineers. It's a slow and excruciating process.