What I’m Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far) (margaretstorey.com)
from codeinabox@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 18 Feb 2026 09:35
https://programming.dev/post/45948756

This is not just about code quality. It is about whether individual developers and product teams can maintain a coherent mental model of what the system is doing and why.

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cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works on 19 Feb 2026 05:40 collapse

Pay the debt or be an expert novice, master of nothing.

Kissaki@programming.dev on 19 Feb 2026 14:04 collapse

“Yeah, I can do that task. I’m very experienced in struggling to implement stuff like that.”