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Discussion on: When is a quick and dirty hack justified?

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Stephen Leyva (He/Him)

Are we gonna forget the fact that a computer is essentially a hack? I mean it’s literally a rock we tricked into thinking? πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

In all seriousness, technical debt is appropriate if 1) it gives you value 2) is documented so as to be fixed. The most dangerous type of technical debt is unknown and unintended technical debt.