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Elrashid • Edited

Here Kevin Scott LinkedIn V.P of Eng. definition of technical debt:

"The reason that we call these compromises and mistakes technical debt is that in a very real sense you are borrowing against your future to get something done in the moment that you will pay for later, one way or the other"

he is taking about companies but it can be applied to individuals also.