I took the context to be software skunk works. To give some examples, when SMF and ZFS integrated into Solaris' OS/Net core there were many unfinished things a

I took the context to be software skunk works. To give some examples, when SMF and ZFS integrated into Solaris' OS/Net core there were many unfinished things and bugs and many devs outside those teams had to jump in and help. I'm not sure if that's tech debt or what, but definitely they moved fast and broke things, yet they also delivered incredible value. Would that be acceptable if building something like the SR-71? I want to say "no, no way", but then look at SpaceX's approach with Starship. You wouldn't put humans on such a thing until it's done, but if there's bugs to shake out, so be it. And in fact the SR-71 did have bugs that needed shaking out, and one pilot died because of those.