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There's No Such Thing as Technical Debt Without Traction

Stop worrying about technical debt for products that haven't found product-market fit - embrace throwaway work in explore mode

Jan 21, 2026
1 min read
By Craig Sturgis

There's no such thing as technical debt for something that doesn't have enough usage and customer traction to be viable.

Worry about the technical foundations when it's time to expand.

Embrace "throw away" work in explore mode.


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