// Hacker Noon · 8 June 2026

What a Decade in Government Software Taught Me About Technical Debt

Drawing on years of experience modernizing public-sector systems, the author argues that most "technical debt" in government software has little to do with poor engineering. Instead, it reflects decades of accumulated policy changes, institutional knowledge, operational workarounds, and organization...

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