Technical Debt
The future cost of shortcuts taken to ship software quickly.
Technical debt builds up when teams prioritise speed over clean, maintainable code. Some debt is healthy early on, but unmanaged debt slows development and creates risk. Founders balance shipping fast with keeping the codebase sustainable.
Examples
A team schedules time to pay down technical debt before scaling. — Mounting debt slows feature delivery.
How it relates to The Startup Foundry
Managing technical debt keeps you able to execute and scale — qualities investors value.