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What Is Technical Debt: Common Causes & How to Reduce It | DigitalOcean Article What Is Technical Debt: Common Causes & How to Reduce It Published: August 2, 2023 6 min read <- Back to All Articles When your development team chooses to deliver a quick solution to meet immediate project requirements, they might opt for less elegant, less efficient, or not as thoroughly tested code. Sometimes, that’s a necessary trade-off to beat a competitor to the market or satisfy customer demand. However, over time, these decisions create technical debt. Your team must “payback” the shortcomings in the futur
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