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A good talk about the "technical debt" metaphor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakfJ2spb3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakfJ2spb3w tl;dr: Technical debt
by LargeWu 7y ago
A good talk about the "technical debt" metaphor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakfJ2spb3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakfJ2spb3w
tl;dr: Technical debt can be categorized on 2 axes: Planned vs unplanned, and high interest vs. low interest. Interest is paid down in pain. If you are not experiencing any pain, it's not actually tech debt.
Low interest, planned tech debt (akin to a mortgage) is ok because presumably the cost of the interest is lower than the returns.
High interest, unplanned tech debt (akin to a loan shark, or pawn shop) is best to be avoided, because you're experiencing a lot of pain probably without a clear vision for paying it off. You're just continually paying the interest/experiencing pain.