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> Complaining about technical debt complaints is an easy way to potentially bias oneself against recognizing real issues

Would you agree that we should think about specific issues that are slowing us down, and fix them one by one, starting from the worst ones?

(worst in sense of biggest slowdown/pain levels)

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Sure, but my point was one should consider complaints as signal that the situation should be monitored/investigated so that the general outlines of an actionable plan can be crafted if there are potential areas of risk, or in the most serious situation, an actual plan.

Blanket painting of a class of complaints doesn't help them or you accomplish business objectives better long term.

We agree more than you think.

Most complaints about tech debt are not worth actioning, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to all of them and try to filter the signal from the noise.

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