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From Technical Debt to Cognitive and Intent Debt: Rethinking Software Health in the Age of AI

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Main Author:	Storey, Margaret-Anne
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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