I'm a firm believer in the adage "Build the first version to throw away; you will anyway." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#The_pilot_syste

I'm a firm believer in the adage "Build the first version to throw away; you will anyway." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#The_pilot_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#The_pil... I feel like that's it's own idea and should not be confused with technical debt. The article seems to make this conflation as well.