10.3.2 · Skill in Maintenance

Technical debt

Shortcuts that make future changes slower, and managing them deliberately.

Some technical debt is a smart trade for speed, and some is just mess. Making it visible and paying it down in the areas you change most keeps velocity up. Debt in code nobody touches can often wait.

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Technical debt quadrant ↗
Martin Fowler · 2009 · 4 min
Not all debt is bad: deliberate and prudent debt is a choice, reckless debt is a mess.

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