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I disagree. I have willfully acquired technical debt on many occasions by writing code in a hacky way which, given more time, I wouldn't have chosen. Technical
by morgante 12y ago
I disagree. I have willfully acquired technical debt on many occasions by writing code in a hacky way which, given more time, I wouldn't have chosen.
Technical debt is a great metaphor for explaining this to non-tech stakeholders. They understand that choosing to rush a feature out now will lead to slower development (paying back the debt) later.
- briandear 12y agoBut to be fair, there's also the potential benefit of not having to pay that debt back. If the feature fails from a market perspective, you've actually saved money by incurring the debt. That's the whole concept behind the Lean Startup.