Let's not call it "tech debt," it's just "mess"

https://www.simplermachines.com/lets-not-call-it-tech-debt-its-just-mess/

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jbrains@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 24d

It was never technical debt. The Law of Raspberry Jam joined forces with George Carlin's "Soft Language".

Technical debt describes the inevitable tension between incremental delivery and design choices, not the notion that we can sacrifice design because we'll commit to improve it later.