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		jaclaz on Feb 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are all Windows drivers dated June 21, 2006? >Technical debt is common for the same reasons monetary debt is common. Basically people lacking the knowledge or proper capabilities in managing the whatever they are supposed to manage? ;)

concerned_user on Feb 8, 2017 [–]

Simply put technical debt is a measure of how much it will cost you to modify your software while maintaining acceptable level of quality. Since with every change codebase gets bigger your debt increases. You can't just "manage" it away.

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