The Secret Power of Technical Debt: Turning Shortcuts into Success

Elshad Karimov
4 min readMay 30, 2024

What is Technical Debt?

Technical Debt is a term from the software world that describes what happens when we take shortcuts in our code to get things done quickly. Just like borrowing money can lead to financial debt, taking shortcuts in code can lead to technical debt. Over time, this can make the code more complex and costly to fix.

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Elshad Karimov

Software Engineer, Udemy Instructor and Book Author, Founder at AppMillers