If what the article says is true, it's great that executives are starting to understand the opportunity cost of technical debt.

Too many companies see software development as a menial "cost center" while hypocritically relying on it on a fundamental level for operations.

While I see where they're coming from - the ROI from software developers can be rather opaque for many industries - these companies are often hellbent on hiring as cheaply as possible (in-house junior developers with no experience) and cutting as many corners as they can get away with, all the while accruing massive amounts of technical debt.