The argument was made that some Technical Debt was not only inevitable, it was desirable. If taking on that debt meant making a ship date, then that debt was worthwhile.
The debt metaphor reminds us about the choices we can make with design flaws. The prudent debt to reach a release may not be worth paying down if the interest payments are sufficiently small - such as if it were in a rarely touched part of the code-base.
He also provides a nice graphic breakdown, worth reading. Check it out.
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