Technical Bankruptcy

Noun · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. A state where accumulated shortcuts, fragility, and deferred maintenance have become so large that normal progress breaks down. In engineering slang, technical bankruptcy is when debt stops being metaphorical and starts determining strategy.

    In plain English: A state where past shortcuts have piled up so much that normal progress becomes impossible.

    Example: "They declared a quarter of remediation after admitting the service was in technical bankruptcy and no new feature plan could survive on top of it."

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