The future cost of rework caused by choosing a quick solution now instead of a better, more time-consuming approach. Like financial debt, it accumulates interest over time.
"We have significant technical debt in the payment module — six months of shortcuts that now make every new feature take three times as long."
The future cost of rework caused by choosing a quick solution now instead of a better, more time-consuming approach. Like financial debt, it accumulates interest over time.
No — "Technical debt" is not an acronym or abbreviation. It's used as a standalone term (noun phrase) in IT conversations and documentation.
There's no non-obvious pronunciation for "Technical debt" — it's read as it's spelled.
Yes: "We have significant technical debt in the payment module — six months of shortcuts that now make every new feature take three times as long."
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"Technical debt" is used as a noun phrase.
Yes — related terms include Refactoring, ADR. See "Related Terms" above to explore them.
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