I wrote about this earlier, I think tech debt is the negative suprise factor. https://remotemanager.substack.com/p/technical-debt-is-the-surprise-factor https:

I wrote about this earlier, I think tech debt is the negative suprise factor. https://remotemanager.substack.com/p/technical-debt-is-the-surprise-factor https://remotemanager.substack.com/p/technical-debt-is-the-s... "A system has technical debt when the effort needed to keep it fit for purpose is surprisingly high. Zero technical debt means that according to our current knowledge, cost of foreseeable future work and maintenance is the lowest possible."