[Alterlife]

It isn't technical debt any more if you can default on it.

It's stable? It's fast? It works? No bugs have been reported on it for years?

Regardless of how I 'feel' about that piece of code, I objectively should _not_ touch it.

[rendall]

> more if you can default on it

I have not seen this use of the word "default" before. Does it mean "not touch"?

[quietbritishjim]

They're referring to the "debt" bit of "technical debt". If you default on a loan then that means you did not pay back a payment that is due, at least not on time. If this happens enough in real life you might end up with bankruptcy. If you could default on a loan and suffer no consequences then it might happen more often!