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I believe most code will become tech debt over time even if was not originally acknowledged at the time of conception. Software is a leaving breathing thing wh

I believe most code will become tech debt over time even if was not originally acknowledged at the time of conception. Software is a leaving breathing thing whose sole purpose is to fulfill a real world intention, it needs constant service, maintenance and upgrade to be kept alive. At least this is my world view as a product manager of many years (before the term was coined).

drewcoo 5y ago
Ward Cunningham coined the term to mean knowingly borrowing against the future. You seem to be describing a metaphor more like technical depreciation. Not to be confused with "deprecation." This is not what Ward Cunningham meant.