Keeping Track of your Technical Debt

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The impact of technical debt

Over the years the concept of “technical debt” has become a phrase that can generate anxiety and a lack of trust, as well as setting up developers and their managers for failure. The metaphor might not be perfect ( Ralf Westphal makes a strong case for treating it like an addiction), but I feel it’s pretty apt if you think of the story of The Pied Piper…