- Technical debt reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy or quick solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.
- Technical debt like any other debt is not inherently bad, it depends on how you are using it. Debt taken for building further value is good.
- Over time, if you don’t start repaying the principal when you get the time, the interest costs will increase so much and pull you into a debt spiral.
- todo Go deeper into managing debt at different stages