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> You “repay” the technical debt by fixing stuff that causes problems Well, that sounds a lot like maintenance.
by user5994461 6y ago
> You “repay” the technical debt by fixing stuff that causes problems
Well, that sounds a lot like maintenance.
- sixstringtheory 6y agoMaintenance is the repayment, not the debt itself.
- lucideer 6y agoAs the GP said: > The metaphor isn’t perfect But there's a difference between maintenance that fixes problems expediently and maintenance that fixes problems more permanently. The technical debt metaphor is an attempt to model the cons of doing the former too often (otherwise faster always seems better).
- hajile 6y agoMaintenance of good code is very different than going in and fixing a bunch of TODOs so the thing won't break outside the happy path.