> The best way to deal with tech debt is to never use the term in the first place.

At the very least, give it a more specific name.

A Reforge article[0] that was shared here about a month ago[1] suggests these six categories:

  - maintenance debt
  - developer efficiency debt
  - stability debt
  - security debt
  - technical product debt
  - decision debt

[0] https://www.reforge.com/blog/managing-tech-debt

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29727487