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Episode 9: The Tape Fix That Costs You Later
Mia and Leo explain technical debt: why software teams knowingly take shortcuts (like taping a leaky pipe before guests arrive), how refactoring pays it back, and why big apps slow down as the interest piles up. Can you name the difference between deliberate and careless debt after one listen?
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