Thought/definition of the day:

"Technical asbestos": tech debt that is so toxic it is sealed off and left in place. Remediation is incredibly expensive.

#softwareengineering #techdebt #coding

Which #government #agency or #department or #credit #agency does a #software #engineer go to in order to apply for some Technical Debt Forgiveness?

Can't always afford refactoring the whole thing 😀

#SoftwareEngineer #agile #team #TechDebt #TechnicalDebt #development

#ClimateChange is a consequence of #techDebt and local optimizations. #ComplexityScience may have the answer.

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I also have an ambient occlusion map on this but given this is practically a fully custom shader, something tells me that thing does nothing, if it's even hooked up anywhere.

#techdebt #techart

Back to coding that camera controller though, I'm getting really close to being able to navigate and interact with things again.

Adding the #paranoia gem to a #RubyOnRails application is a huge #techdebt.
Once some time has past and records got soft-deleted, it's hard to get stripped out again. Don't use it.

Use alternatives, i.e. Discard or ditch soft-deletion altogether if possible.

https://github.com/rubysherpas/paranoia

Best explanation of the #techdebt metaphor I've read yet. Even enjoyed the student debt part where it started to fall apart.

https://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=202306

This video of recovering heavy machinery from being sunk deep in the mud is inescapably a metaphor for tech debt. I watched the whole thing yesterday. It is cathartic. Often we get stuck and need help to get dug out. #Software #TechDebt

https://youtu.be/3Eo_GvDGP-g

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I hadn't thought about tech debt this way.

https://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=202306

#TechDebt

@aral *nodds in agreement*

I wish I could go into detail about how f**ked up finance and payment providers are but that's covered with NDAs...

Granted most of it is just absurd #TechDebt and shitty tacked-on solutions like #3Dsecure and #PSD2 that never solved the core issues whilst bricking enough stuff that a complete redesign would've been more useful and economically...

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Oh crap. "Found" another "thing" I built 5+ years ago and forgot about. Gotta bring some code and systems to the current (PHP 8.x, OpenVPN 2.11.3, Debian 12..etc..) world. Maybe it'll last 5+ years again and be someone else's problem then. Of course, I've been saying that for 20+ years. Laughing like a madman at my own delusions. #PHP #Debian #Techdebt