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• Instead of patching the old system in Seattle, we decided to [rewrite from scratch / accrue debt / bolt on] .
• Spending more money on that failed project in Boston is just a [sunk cost / stopgap / kludge] .
• Looking at the security breach in Chicago, we realized that [hindsight is 20/20 / debt ceiling / duct tape] .
• The extra maintenance hours required each month act as [interest on debt / dead code / cruft] .
• That quick patch is only a [temporary fix / sunk cost / spaghetti code] for the server crash.
• We cannot borrow any more architectural shortcuts because we have reached our [debt ceiling / band-aid fix / quick-and-dirty] .
• Ignoring unit tests in New York is bound to [come back to bite / future-proof / pay down] us later.
• Unresolved bugs started to [pile up / bolt on / accrue] before the release in London.
• The script he wrote to fix the database is a complete [kludge / stopgap / sunk cost] .
• The legacy module in Austin has become unreadable [spaghetti code / dead code / hindsight is 20/20] .
• Using random workarounds everywhere is like holding the system together with [duct tape / cruft / maintainability] .

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