Shims, Jigs and Other Woodworking Concepts to Conquer Technical Debt

We were assigned to read the article, Shims, Jigs and Other Woodworking Concepts to Conquer Technical Debt, yesterday, and it certainly was helpful for me. Basically, the article discusses the thought processes…

This is not Negligence

I got a lot of feedback on my previous article on technical debt and negligence. It seems that calling people negligent stirs up quite some strong feelings.

I want to clear up some misunderstandings.

Debt vs. Capital

In software we often talk about a metaphor of “debt”: decisions we make now that save immediate time or effort, but that compromise a system or product’s design in some way. What makes these choices debt is that they don’t just have a fixed cost, but actually incur “interest” in ongoing damage to…

Trash Can part 1

Use it. A lot.

When building new software products — or even trying to add capabilities to old ones — teams (and by that I mean management) are averse to throwing code away. But they shouldn’t-in fact sometimes it makes more sense to throw something away than to…

Experiencing technical debt

In many metrics, I am young. I am 21 years old and fresh out of technical college with my A.A.S in website development. I am young in world and workplace experience as well as wisdom. I physically look young. I am told I look, on average, approximately two years younger than my…