Economics of Tech Debt
Can I say some technical debt is good to have? To make my point I’ll draw an analogy from financial debt, ordering from worst to best. Car loans This is the worst kind of debt. You pay steep interest, but your asset depreciates right away. What’s the equivalent in tech debt? It’s unmaintainable code. When the time comes, you will have to redo it, and then some. There’s no fixing that stuff. You’ll try to call…