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How to use the term technical debt to mean anything you want

How to use the term technical debt to mean anything you want

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Sep 13, 2023
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Technical Debt is a made-up term. It is meant to bring to mind financial debt in which you borrow from your future to accomplish something in your present. Then, it becomes the future, and you have t…

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