It's worse, they seem to think tech debt is just a "state of mind", a "personality defect":

> The code was calcified because the developers were also. Personality types who dislike change tend not to design their code with future change in mind.

This line of thinking (we will make it with future change in mind!) is of course exactly the bullshit that is tech debt in the first place.

Oh wow, nice catch in the article, jesus.