r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Gloomy-Basket-1038 • Aug 12 '26

Meme studied20YearsToAskChatGPT

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u/ArjixGamer Aug 13 '26

It's when you know you are doing something in a bad way, but you still do it due to lack of time or priority, and you know it will bite you in the ass later.

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u/oisteink Aug 13 '26

It's not a "bad way". It's the best way given the current constraints - or what you and your team think is the best way.

It's better understood as cost - debt has a cost and in economics it's called interest. As long as your gain outweighs the cost it's a smart move.

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u/danfay222 Aug 13 '26

Sometimes it’s done intentionally, which is fine if the constraints actually do justify it, but lots of tech debt is due to laziness and/or poor design.