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This "Yeah we had a lot of technical debt but we kept finding inventive ways to sidestep having to pay it. The debt metaphor that we’ve adopted is misleading. Y
by aioprisan 12y ago
This "Yeah we had a lot of technical debt but we kept finding inventive ways to sidestep having to pay it. The debt metaphor that we’ve adopted is misleading. You don’t always have pay off the debt you created; you can work around it and avoid ever having to pay it off. Technical debt only hurts if you have to pay it back."
- afarrell 12y agohttp://www.higherorderlogic.com/2010/07/bad-code-isnt-technical-debt-its-an-unhedged-call-option/ http://www.higherorderlogic.com/2010/07/bad-code-isnt-techni...