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Technical debt isn't debt, it's an uncovered short sale. The thing is, debt is controllable; it has interest, you can pay it down. When "tech debt" becomes paya
by justinjlynn 9y ago
Technical debt isn't debt, it's an uncovered short sale. The thing is, debt is controllable; it has interest, you can pay it down. When "tech debt" becomes payable and due, it's payable and due now; at any cost, or the project fails.
- provost 9y agoThis is a clever analogy. Did you get this from somewhere? I'm curious what other finance analogies mix with IT/business?
- justinjlynn 9y agoNot originally my idea, no: https://web.archive.org/web/20111125070500/http://www.higherorderlogic.com/2010/07/bad-code-isnt-technical-debt-its-an-unhedged-call-option/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111125070500/http://www.higher...