Every engineering team accumulates technical debt. That's normal.
The dangerous moment isn't when the debt appears. It's when everyone agrees it's there — and decides to keep building on top of it anyway.
I've seen that shift happen in almost every engineering team I've worked with. It doesn't announce itself. It arrives quietly, dressed as pragmatism. And by the time you notice it, it's already become the default way the team operates.
It starts with a gap in knowledge. And that's completely fine.
The first error is innocent
