Interestingly, incurring technical debt tends to be the optimal strategy for individuals as well as for startups.
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Young programmers are better off not starting with the theoretical foundations of CS, but by eagerly writing crappy programs.
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Here's a more nuanced view of Technical Debt that explains why it's sometimes good...https://twitter.com/joshuajames/status/566544634332327936 …
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Isn't technical debt just "money you haven't earned yet", like retirement savings? I consider it a pure marketing term for consultants.
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IME you want mgt support for paying tech debt, find tech debt that impacts many people, and fix incrementally, with usable results along way
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Problem isn't that no tech debt is ever worth paying. But you have to pick highest interest debt first, so to speak.
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To a point :)
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Yeah. Never owe a robot money.
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That's a good point. But if your goal is to not have tech debt, getting the Rust compiler to help you is better.
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Note that your point can also be an argument in favor of dynamic typing which allows tech debt from the first line you type.
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How much tech debt is optimal? Everyone knows it's not 0.
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