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As with any metaphor, technical debt has its' limits and its' traps. IMHO the biggest problem is that a comparison with lending implies that technical debt can
by pbadenski 5y ago
As with any metaphor, technical debt has its' limits and its' traps. IMHO the biggest problem is that a comparison with lending implies that technical debt can be managed like people do with a loan. With loan you know how much of money-equivalence you take, how much you owe and how much interest you have accumulated on top.
Most of measurement - if at all possible - is much less obvious with technical debt. And inability to easily quantify it, opens up door for corruption.
- chestervonwinch 5y ago> And inability to easily quantify it, opens up door for corruption. Yes, and since it's not readily quantifiable, any notion of something analogous to a payoff schedule is not possible. This makes it difficult to make a concrete and specific case for doing code cleanup or debt paydown often just before it's absolutely necessary.