The point about broken windows having been debunked for crime is a non-argument when applied to programming. He's comparing apples and bananas. Someone just hap

The point about broken windows having been debunked for crime is a non-argument when applied to programming. He's comparing apples and bananas. Someone just happened to use a term for two things that are only kinda related. I don't even use the term 'fixing broken windows' for programming, I use the term 'repaying tech debt' . That's pretty universally seen as a good thing, if not without difficult tradeoffs in real world business software eng. There's a fair bit else that's off in this article and it's quite an uncharitable reading of a classic book. There are no sacred cows but PP doesn't warrant a hatchet job.