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		nextworddev on March 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Technical debt is an invisible $1.52T problem Unpopular opinion but tech management likes having tech debt, as it persists and justifies their org structure by keeping the problems around.

avg_dev on March 31, 2024 [–]

i'd lean more to: most management does not understand how building software works

nextworddev on March 31, 2024 | [–]

they know enough to know that solving tech debt doesn’t help their cause

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