the age of Move Fast and Break Things is over, and we now enter an age of Move Slow Within Broken Things
@NireBryce an incredible ELI5 explanation of kessler syndrome
@glyph *jumps across the room to press the emergency stop on the Lathe of Heaven before the changes get submitted to Time Git*

@NireBryce @glyph

I thought I saw an xkcd comic about tech debt that showed it as uncleared material in a mine shaft that traps you when you strike water. I saw OP here and immediately thought of Kessler syndrome.

Putting these ideas together now (i won't be at all surprised if I've missed by a wide margin, but) i think I'm recognizing Kessler syndrome as a literal, physical form of tech debt