To make the term more useful to me I like to extend the analogy and think in terms of interest paid on technical debt. So you took a shortcut because of pressu

To make the term more useful to me I like to extend the analogy and think in terms of interest paid on technical debt. So you took a shortcut because of pressure to ship but now you’re spending loads more time providing tech support. That’s the interest you’re paying on the technical debt. So in terms of choosing what technical debt to pay off first consider which ones have the highest interest payments. And remember that like financial debt, technical debt also sometimes comes with introductory interest free periods.