There are an uncountably large number of pathways one's efforts toward a goal can take. Given that the future is unknowable, any decision one makes can turn ou

There are an uncountably large number of pathways one's efforts toward a goal can take. Given that the future is unknowable, any decision one makes can turn out to be an inconvenient (not necessarily wrong) decision. That is "technical debt". It is unavoidable. If you are ignorant of the possible consequences of decision, or choose to ignore or hide them, that's something else.