Technical debt is just that: Debt. And in a start-up that is incurring large piles of various forms of financial debt, it might very much not be rational to inc

Technical debt is just that: Debt. And in a start-up that is incurring large piles of various forms of financial debt, it might very much not be rational to incur financial debt to avoid technical debt. Of course, there's a balance to be struck and it's also important to call out the fact that you're incurring technical debt and make it a conscious decision.