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Co-founder & CEO at stepsize.com, SaaS to measure & manage technical debt. He says it's hard to justify sacrificing some of these features to spend 10–20% of engineering time on paying back technical debt before it’s too late is a crusade of epic proportions. Technical debt taken on deliberately and managed properly is an amazing tool! Much like financial debt, you can use it for extra leverage. If we unknowingly take on too much or without really understanding the terms of the deal, it can lead to software companies’ demise.