Technical debt is bad, but (more often than not) optimal.
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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Young devs need to see the results of their work asap. Getting stuck in code is not a great motivator. W/ experience comes knowledge
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Makes sense that if debt is good for the economy, it's similar in personal & tech:https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/opinion/paul-krugman-debt-is-good-for-the-economy.html …
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The fact that financial debt and technical debt are both called debt doesn't indicate that they behave similarly. It's a fallacy.
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Please define technical debt
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Thoughts on unit testing?
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Import from india ?
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