Classify design-system debt so repayment strategy matches the kind of debt.
Place each debt example into the Fowler-style quadrant that best describes how it happened. Prudent deliberate Prudent inadvertent Reckless deliberate Reckless inadvertent Temporary compact table shipped for a regulatory deadline with a dated cleanup ticket Teams discover after analytics review that EmptyState needs action hierarchy guidance A team knowingly hides focus rings locally to satisfy a screenshot review A new squad copies outdated modal markup because the docs still rank first in search Old spacing aliases remain for one release while codemods finish A brand color fails contrast because nobody checked it in dark mode before adoption Product CSS overrides…
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