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Love the distinction he makes between technical debt (the codified difference of past and present understanding of the way the system should work) and just sloppy code.
In the regard, you can almost say that technical debt is inevitable since understanding of the problem and solution will likely evolve over time with more experience and user feedback.
I'd agree that the original question is not very SO-like IMO, but phrasing aside, the content is still valuable. Still don't think deleting was the correct option.
This question does not appear to be about programming within the scope defined in the help center.
After reading through the help center info linked, it seems like this question would fit all the requirements in its current form. It's hard to look at past versions since the page doesn't exist on SO anymore, but how was the question originally stated?