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Technical debt is like fixed rate mortgage. Mess is like adjustable rate mortgage. You might be able to pay down the former, but you may go underwater if the
by borism 15y ago
Technical debt is like fixed rate mortgage.
Mess is like adjustable rate mortgage.
You might be able to pay down the former, but you may go underwater if the latter goes way above what you imagined in your worst case scenarios.
- philwelch 15y agoYou can still go underwater on a fixed rate mortgage, can't you? Underwater is when you owe more principal than the house is worth. Houses can lose value. Of course, all of this is far afield of the point. I thought technical debt was a fairly simple concept--you borrow from the future for some present benefit; you do something today that you have to pay back tomorrow. Once you chase down the metaphor this far, it's no longer a useful metaphor. Your technical debt will not be subject to quantitative easing.