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Tech debt is not a burden, it's a strategic lever for success

• cratermoon 5y ago
  Great article. Notice in the section "The 6 Types of Tech Debt", there's nothing about sloppy, badly-written code.
  • ablekh 5y ago
    Good point.
    • cratermoon 5y ago
      It's kind of a pet peeve of mine around technical debt. Some programmers and places I've worked get it wrong, so I refer people to Ward Cunningham's explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqeJFYwnkjE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqeJFYwnkjE
      • ablekh 5y ago
        I see. Thank you for sharing the video - it's a nice explanation of the technical debt metaphor.