A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

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TECHNICAL DEBT

n.A shortcut whose bill is sent to developers who were not present.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer presenting an itemised technical-debt invoice to a new developer while an executive exits past an ageing, tangled machine.
The illustrated dictionary TECHNICAL DEBT
A connected train of thought

  1. Software Engineering

    TEST COVERAGE n.

    A percentage frequently mistaken for confidence.

  2. Software Engineering

    MICROSERVICE n.

    A small application distinguished by requiring a network call to perform what was once a function.

  3. Incidents & Operations

    POST-MORTEM n.

    A meeting at which the dead are questioned about their failure to prevent the murder.

  4. Incidents & Operations

    ERROR BUDGET n.

    The approved quantity of failure.