Tech Entry 347 / 1011 60-second read

Technical Debt

Choosing an easy solution now that will require more work later.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

I have $500 in technical debt on my credit card.

✓ Correct

We used a hardcoded string for now, but that's just adding to our technical debt.

The ruleii

TECHNICAL DEBT = the implied cost of future refactoring.

It’s a metaphor for time and quality, not actual money.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Borrowing time from the future.

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