Tech Debt

We’ve all been there: an experienced team staffed with brilliant engineers starting a new product strong and constantly shipping. The product launches successfully— the customers love it! Everything is great! Features fly out the door! Many sprints later, the team’s velocity dramatically slowed, and you’re dealing with exciting new problems! …

It’s called technical debt What would happen if you take a loan from a loan-shark, but when payday comes, you just take another loan? The price will eventually become unbearable. What will happen if you never clean your home and just add more furniture and items to it? The price of negligence becomes heavier…

The term legacy gets banded around a lot. So why do some systems start out life as offensive weapons but end up as corporate millstones? The obvious reason is that the underlying technology becomes obsolete. There is not much that can be done about that but it’s really only a…

Good engineering, like any other team within an organization, has to further the organization’s goals. In this case, in particular, the goal primarily is to build a product that is bug-free, robust, and sufficiently scalable. …

Every company has to do technical migrations, and you probably have multiple migrations in progress at your company today. In the past, I always pointed people to Will Larsen’s excellent post on the topic as a guidebook on how to successfully execute a migration. …

From a 30,000 feet view, most physical systems no matter how complex they are; appears to possess a great sustainability. Whereas software systems are no different either; while they’re immune to almost all physical laws, but entropy still applies to them. In thermodynamics, entropy is a measure of the number…

In the world of software development, the term “technical debt” is ubiquitous. It refers to the “cost” that arises when organizations choose a quick and easy solution over a more sustainable long-term approach or when solutions are bolted onto a system that was never intended to fit an emergent business…

Technical debt is a concept that often comes up in software development discussions, but its implications may need to be clarified to non-technical team members. Everyone in the organization must have a basic understanding of technical debt and its potential impact on projects and business objectives. …

Technical debt, an inevitable part of software development, is often viewed as a hindrance in the fast-paced environment of startups. However, it can be turned into an opportunity for continuous improvement and enhanced team collaboration when addressed collectively. …