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- 1Working code relabeled as technical debt, critics say●@ fribbledom Tools makers have been very successful at labeling working code and working tools as "technical debt". As y
A debate is circulating in developer circles over the software industry's use of the term technical debt. Critics argue tool makers deliberately rebrand perfectly functional code and established tools as technical debt to sell new products, accusing vendors of a sales strategy that keeps them relevant. Supporters of the industry view counter that modernizing codebases is often genuinely necessary.