Tech debt are those shortcuts now that save a unit of time now but waste 5x units of time later on. For example, not handling some edge case that rarely shows

Tech debt are those shortcuts now that save a unit of time now but waste 5x units of time later on. For example, not handling some edge case that rarely shows up, but when it does it causes a bunch of issues that didn't need to happen if it was made properly in the first place.