Technical Debt Is Like Tetris
Another way to explain technical debt: “Scenarios like these create technical debt within the product code. A buried gap in Tetris represents technical debt. (…) Paying down technical debt keeps you competitive. It keeps you in the game.”
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Technical debt en.wikipedia.org
The implied future cost of shortcuts taken today, which accumulates like financial debt and must eventually be paid back — often with interest.
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Engineering Team Management › Engineering > Technical Debt: “Another way to explain technical debt: “Scenarios like these create technical debt within the product code. A buried gap in Tetris represents technical debt. (…) Paying down technical debt keeps you competitive. It keeps you in the game.””