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Short read · May 10, 2026 · 1 min read

Technical debt

Legacy code

If it works, don't touch it.

If you work in a technical field, you’ve heard this before. Sometimes it’s true, especially for something critical. Refactoring takes time and effort that you could spend building something new.
But that’s exactly how technical debt accumulates. And that’s how legacy code is born.

What do you think?

One line is fine — no need to be polished. I read and reply to everything.

So I can reply. Nothing else.

Technical debt — Yasser Jaffer