Comment by robertlagrant
18 hours ago
> There’s a name for misalignment between business intent and codebase implementation: technical debt.
I wish we'd stop redefining this term. Technical debt is a shortcut agreed upon with the business to get something out now and fix later, and the fix will cost more than the original. It is entirely in line with business intent.
Exactly. The quote is a great definition of a bug, not debt
Software is not a liability, it's an asset. If you make it for less then it has a shorter shelf-life. Tech debt is a nonsense term to begin with.