- Topics: [[Ownership]] --- - Those who look down upon technical debt are inexperienced or are despising not the debt itself, but rather, feeling embarrassment or resentment for decisions they've made in the past, and the lack of discipline for tidying it up. - Trust that you made the best decision at the time, given what you had. Celebrate that you are here because of it. It's a debt of gratitude, not blind resentment. Respect it, and pay it off. ## See also - [[Every defect gets respect]]