https://dplabs.tech/tags/technical-debt/ Recent content in Technical-Debt on dplabs — Software Engineering & Technology Consultancy Hugo en-us Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/technical-debt-not-all-bad/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/technical-debt-not-all-bad/ <p>Ward Cunningham introduced the technical debt metaphor to explain to non-technical stakeholders why code needed to be refactored. The analogy to financial debt was deliberate: sometimes you borrow money to move faster, and the interest compounds over time until the debt needs to be paid.</p> <p>Over time, the metaphor has been stretched to cover every imperfect thing in a codebase. This is not useful. Not all debt is the same. Not all debt should be paid down.</p>