Technical Debt only really counts if you have to pay interest on it. Many times I see new engineers wanting to re-write old working code in their new favorite l

Technical Debt only really counts if you have to pay interest on it. Many times I see new engineers wanting to re-write old working code in their new favorite language. My litmus test for technical debt is things we should have done a while ago, but since we didn’t it’s hurting us. Continuing on same path will hurt even more. Better to fix the pain and then move on. Working code that does what it needs and doesn’t require much maintenance is great code. Old != technical debt.