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# Technical Debt Ratio

Estimated future cost of refactoring vs current velocity

Estimated future cost of refactoring or fixing accumulated shortcuts, measured as % of total engineering capacity. High debt (>20%) slows velocity and increases bugs.

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Code health indicator

[‹ Flow Time](./flow-time)

[Mean Time to Recovery ›](./mean-time-to-recovery)

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