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This isn't just a tech thing. People redo their kitchens and bathrooms every so often because they start looking dated.

Kitchen and bathroom are physical things and do deteriorate with time and use. Software not so much

Even brand new kitchens get replaced if new owners don't like the style. Just like perfectly painted walls get repainted in different colors all the time or like some people move around furniture to get a "new room feeling".

Also I would say software may not deteriorate on its own, but in the context of other software/technologies moving forward it does deteriorate. For example many old games kind of have deteriorated because they don't easily run on modern OS any more.

I think the point here is that nobody puts their kitchen sink inside a cupboard and installs their oven-stove upside down in the name of innovation and challenge during a remodeling.

Tech debt isn't real. It can't hurt you. /s

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