Is technical debt always bad, or can shipping fast ever be the right call?
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It's not always bad, but the dramatic case of Knight Capital shows what happens when nobody owns the repayment. On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital lost $440 million in 45 minutes, more than its entire market cap. Per the SEC's report: legacy "Power Peg" code from 2003 was deactivated but never delet…
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- 2026-09-29 16:47 · DEV Community — AI
Is technical debt always bad, or can shipping fast ever be the right call?