Very good point. I guess that just furthers the case that craft and product aren't mutually exclusive. If anything, they're two stages of the same process: product first, craft second. It's possible to ask questions about both.
My thinking is: all unused features are technical debt, regardless of how well they're crafted. They're all noise. Any time spent on them is wasted up front and then multiplied in their maintenance. (Although, as with any grand statement, there are no doubt exceptions.)
Perhaps there should be a distinction to be made between types of technical debt: Used and Unused. I would tend to treat the two very differently.
Very good point. I guess that just furthers the case that craft and product aren't mutually exclusive. If anything, they're two stages of the same process: product first, craft second. It's possible to ask questions about both.
My thinking is: all unused features are technical debt, regardless of how well they're crafted. They're all noise. Any time spent on them is wasted up front and then multiplied in their maintenance. (Although, as with any grand statement, there are no doubt exceptions.)
Perhaps there should be a distinction to be made between types of technical debt: Used and Unused. I would tend to treat the two very differently.
Agreed.