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The term "technical debt" is bad, and we should feel bad

How to actually get important work done, without name-calling

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David Tate
Jul 21, 2025
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Tech debt means multiple things to multiple people. I wish the term had never been invented. I imagine it has been re-invented a thousand times in conversations like this:

DEVELOPER: We need to go bac…

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