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Forget technical debt (www.ufried.com)
submitted 7 months ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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To be clear: I do not think we should actually forget technical debt. Also, this is not the nth post discussing if “debt” is an appropriate metaphor. I do not have a strong opinion regarding the metaphor. My point is rather that I realized in a recent discussion that in the end, it is not so much about technical debt but rather about something else, and I wanted to share the thought.

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[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

In this context, YAGNI is a very good principle, because incidentally, working too much ahead to avoid technical debt can actually cause technical debt.

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