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[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Broadly speaking, technical debt is a trade-off between quality and expediency. The problem isn't that it exists. The problem is that businesses will saddle themselves with debt and refuse to pay it back.

The difference between swiping a credit card and closing the balance out at the end of the month. And carrying around a forever-rising balance on a card that's charging you 29% APY.

[โ€“] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 10 hours ago

I used to try to explain to management that some debt is high interest.