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 Think of Open Source development as free training with a visible outcome. Exploring new technologies
 is easier than in traditional enterprise environments, where risk tends to be avoided and developers
-often struggle to maintain decades-old code full of technical debt.
+often struggle to maintain decades-old code loaded with technical debt.
 
 We welcome contributions of any kind, including bug reports, testing, writing documentation,
 tutorials, blog posts, and pull requests.