> Just remember that technical debt doesn't apply to all software. I'm not following. You still need code that could be rewritten and deleted every few years.

> Just remember that technical debt doesn't apply to all software. I'm not following. You still need code that could be rewritten and deleted every few years. Any code that couldn't just be deleted as needed wouldn't fit that plan. So whatever forced code to outlive its welcome is technical debt in that scenario. Examples could be code that used outdated middleware, maintained arcane ETLs to keep data accurate, consumed said data in unconventional ways, code that wasn't repackaged and deployed regularly, etc.