Technical debt compounds silently—until it blocks delivery. This lesson shows how to see it, price it, prioritize it, and pay it down without stalling the roadmap.
Why Technical Debt Exists (and Why You Should Care)
technical debt is a metaphor (coined by Ward Cunningham) for the extra future effort you incur when you choose a quicker, lower-quality approach now. The “interest” is the extra effort each future change costs until you refactor.
It’s not inherently bad; like financial debt, it can accelerate delivery if you have a pay-down plan. But unmanaged debt slows teams and increases outage risk.
