Types of Legacy
Tech debt is not the only debt. There are four kinds, and they prop each other up. Process debt. Workarounds and broken handovers that quietly became “how we do things.” Data debt. Nobody agrees on definitions. Nobody owns quality. People debt. Skills investment deferred for years. Critical knowledge stuck in two or three heads. Technology debt. The one everyone talks about: brittle integrations, dead platforms, every change harder than the last. Bolt AI on top and none of this goes away. AI inherits all four debts and makes the fallout faster. A shiny new platform won’t save you. ...