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		Teckla on Feb 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Qualities that I believe make the most difference ... ultimately we aren't paid for technical excellence but for working programs. Some level of technical excellence is required, though, otherwise complex technical debt piles up, and we are then no longer able to deliver working programs.

avereveard on Feb 28, 2017 [–]

Technical debt on something that outer on the stack is irrelevant, there's nothing we need to build on top of this behavior

SpaceManiac on Feb 28, 2017 | [–]

Nothing you need to build, but your customers will be building their workflow around your outer layer.

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