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Afaik, the original term came from Cunningham, and was well defined. It got diluted and abused until it lost its meaning, just like so much other terms https:
by hyperman1 3y ago
Afaik, the original term came from Cunningham, and was well defined. It got diluted and abused until it lost its meaning, just like so much other terms
https://c2.com/doc/oopsla92.html https://c2.com/doc/oopsla92.html
Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite. [...] The danger occurs when the debt is not repaid. Every minute spent on not-quite-right code counts as interest on that debt. Entire engineering organizations can be brought to a stand-still under the debt load of an unconsolidated implementation [...].
- karmakaze 3y agoWell referenced. Stop saying Stop saying “technical debt”. If you know what kind of bad code you're talking about be specific. If someone is saying "tech debt" to refer to merely bad code, know that's a thing too and just get on with it. Don't get sidetracked debating terminology.
- Bjartr 3y agoHow long until we get the post 'Stop Saying "Technical Debt", Considered Harmful'?
- c-linkage 3y agoRoy Fielding has entered the chat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_trans... https://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hypertext-driven https://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hypert...