For new or intermediate (2 or more years) technical management audience
Few "technical" topics have received so much scrutiny as the concept of "technical debt". Born out of an analogy decades ago, technical debt has now reached that level of ubiquity known as "uselessness", save for those times when the term is precisely defined, described, addressed, and handled. But what is "technical debt"? How does it come to be? How should we address it? And most of all, is it actually the boogeyman that so many managerial artiles claim it to be?
Published on 07 April 2026