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The Debt Metaphor

Alan Ridlehoover

by Alan Ridlehoover

The Debt Metaphor
Photo by Alexander Grey / Unsplash

I love listening to Ward Cunningham discuss the way he thinks. In this video, he "reflects on the history, motivation and common misunderstanding of the 'debt metaphor' as motivation for refactoring."

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