I was thinking the exact same thing. Technical debt accrued at a large engineering organization is very similar to bloated infrastructure costs in the US. That

I was thinking the exact same thing. Technical debt accrued at a large engineering organization is very similar to bloated infrastructure costs in the US. That also doesn't explain the _why_. My very rough take is that physical (and virtual) infrastructure require more labor specialization as the complexity of the existing system increases. In order to get that subway built you need specialists come in to make sure the roads can withstand extra stress from tunneling etc etc. Those specialists are expensive and miss-communicate with other specialists etc etc.