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Definitions of Tech Debt

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The accumulation of shortcuts in a codebase that result in increased fragility and risk over time. Everyone says it'll get taken care of. It'll never get taken care of.
we're moving so slow rn because the last team left us with so much tech debt and now we gotta rebuild everything
by todo_fix_later · May 29, 2026
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