“I have $500 in technical debt on my credit card.”
Tech Entry 347 / 1011 60-second read
Technical Debt
Choosing an easy solution now that will require more work later.
The comparisoni
“We used a hardcoded string for now, but that's just adding to our technical debt.”
The ruleii
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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.