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Technical debt is like corporate debt, it's debt that you leverage to get to the market faster and make more money.

You may, or may not, have to pay it back.

So some technical debt is good in many cases as long as it is properly managed.

If you have zero debt it means you are not efficient (the same in finance or if you purchase a home cash while you could get a low and fixed interest rate loan for example).




I've never thought of it this way before. Great point and analogy!




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