When adding code to a project, it can be hard to prioritize decisions on a long time horizon. A critical bug or security vulnerability might require taking shortcuts to patch things up quickly, but eventually those short-term decisions start to add up. Developers refer to this as technical debt: making choices that are easier today but that cost time and money to address later on. Open source projects are particularly susceptible to technical debt because they accept contributions from developers who may not necessarily know one another, nor have full context on the project. Scope creep refers
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