Let's not call it "tech debt," it's just "mess"
Summary
An opinion piece arguing that the term 'technical debt' is often a mislabel for real organizational issues or 'mess' in software projects. The author critiques the business-friendly framing of debt, offers examples from SQL optimization and event-driven architectures with AWS Lambda, and promotes reframing maintenance as a continuous, home-like process. The article also discusses the importance of tests and governance in avoiding misleading labels.