Technical debt handling

Over the years, my opinion on technical debt has changed a lot. Earlier, I used to think technical debt meant bad engineering decisions. Now I think differently . In product companies, especially fast-moving SaaS and AI products, some level of technical debt is unavoidable. If teams try to make everything perfect from day one, they usually move too slowly. The real problem is not technical debt. The real problem is when nobody knows: why the shortcut was taken how long it can survive what impact