Technical Debt

intermediate
software
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Definition

Cost of additional rework caused by choosing quick solutions instead of better approaches. Like taking shortcuts when building a house that require expensive fixes later.

Real-World Example

Development teams regularly assess technical debt to decide when to refactor code for better long-term maintainability.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

Technical debt is a software engineering and product management concept, not a cloud provider service. All major clouds offer tools (e.g., code scanning, CI/CD, observability) that can help identify and reduce technical debt, but there is no direct 1:1 managed service named “Technical Debt.”

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