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Zero Interest Rate Tech Debt

A tech commentator argues that companies should take on tech debt now because AI makes it nearly cost-free, warning that refactoring instead of pivoting to AI-native products could be fatal.

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Zero Interest Rate Tech Debt
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You should be incurring tech debt right now if you need to. We’re in the equivalent of a 0 interest rate environment but for building. Tech debt is carried at basically no interest rate given AI. But if you spend six months refactoring something instead of pivoting your product to be more AI native, you will die. Take on tech debt. ZIRP lives.

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