"tech debt - people pushing back on good solutions"

"Unaddressed tech debt breeds more tech debt. Once some amount of it is allowed to survive and thrive, people are more likely to contribute lower-quality solutions and be more offended when asked to improve them."

"Even the name, tech debt, implies we have control over it - that we can choose to pay it down when it suits us, like a credit card. But it’s not like a credit card, where you can make a payment plan and pay it off in percentages. With tech debt, there’s no number. It’s just a pain index with no upper bound, and it can double by the next time you check your balance."