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minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoLike buying a reverse lottery ticket. If you’re unlucky, you suddenly have to pay a big amount somewhere in the future.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoThat description really fits all kinds of technical debt.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoAgreed. Except, you don’t win a negative lottery prize so much as you take on someone’s loanshark debt and now have to service it at insane interest rates.
Like buying a reverse lottery ticket. If you’re unlucky, you suddenly have to pay a big amount somewhere in the future.
That description really fits all kinds of technical debt.
Agreed.
Except, you don’t win a negative lottery prize so much as you take on someone’s loanshark debt and now have to service it at insane interest rates.