Technical Debt's High Costs Only Accelerate with Time While finding opportunities in the high cost of technical debt may seem counterintuitive, it is not. By simplifying and modernizing, you free up delivery capacity, and capital, that is tied up in old software (vendor maintenance and support staff). Both the simplification and modernization that come with the technical debt reduction allow you to more quickly make changes (more capacity), while creating a virtuous cycle of improvement. Think [...]