There is a widespread misunderstanding of what Technical Debt actually is and why it comes about. It's not about poor coding standards, it's a rational pursuit

There is a widespread misunderstanding of what Technical Debt actually is and why it comes about. It's not about poor coding standards, it's a rational pursuit of commercial advantage through deferral of costs. I've written a few words about it a while ago here: https://datalanguage.com/features/reassessing-technical-debt https://datalanguage.com/features/reassessing-technical-debt