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Agreed. I think Technical Debt is used incorrectly here, I only consider items debt once they are merged and are intended to be fixed at a future time.

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Technical Debt in a PR is just a 'bad purchase'

No, it's a purchase on credit. It's only a 'bad purchase' if the long-term result is a net-negative.

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