I think that in an ideal world the only tech debt that's okay is the debt you knowingly enter into. Debt is a part of life as tradeoffs are made every day. But

I think that in an ideal world the only tech debt that's okay is the debt you knowingly enter into. Debt is a part of life as tradeoffs are made every day. But sleep-walking into it is the real risk. Knowing you have it, or are going to incur (more) of it is half the battle. Getting space and buy-in to pay it down, the other half.