"If you can't even articulate why the old system is bad, how do you know that the new system is going to fix it?"

https://skamille.medium.com/avoiding-the-rewrite-trap-b1283b8dd39e #technicaldebt #productmanagement

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

«I don’t think the thing that we’re talking about when we’re talking about tech debt is debt. I think it’s more akin to malpractice, and people are being irresponsible.[...] That’s you not doing your job properly. Please just write the comments, and the dots, and the tests. It’s part of the job. You can’t cut out vital things. Or if you do, then you’re committing malpractice, and we should call it that, [...]»

Kris Brandow on #technicaldebt in the podcast https://changelog.com/friends/12

There are many who claim that #Wordpress has an ever-growing #technicaldebt , but I have not yet come across any articles explaining this in detail. Do you know where I can read about it?

The global developer community is expected to grow significantly this year, with estimates a global workforce of 27.7 million developers. To understand this number, imagine a hypothetical scenario in which each of these programmers writes ten lines of code. The result would be 277 million lines 🙈🤯 of code being made every day, and this doesn't even include the impact of AI tools that create new code.

What Is Clean Code?
Clean code is clear, consistent, structured, testable and tested, reliable and scalable, with minimal bugs and defects. With clean code best practices, developer teams can better manage the state of code including reducing risk related to vulnerabilities in code and extending the lifetime of business applications as a result.
Agree?

https://thenewstack.io/what-is-clean-code/

#CleanCode #DevOpsWorkflow #DeveloperProductivity #TechnicalDebt #DeveloperTools #CodingChallenges #CodeConsistency #Satisfaction #Global #CodeEfficiency #SoftwareDevelopment #Code #Security #Developer #DevOps

We've got some upgrades for you 🔥

And guess what? They don't cost $$$$ or disrupt your company's workflow. Stay on track to business priorities while also reducing technical debt and operating on a better version of Rails: https://www.fastruby.io/monthly-rails-maintenance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=monthlymaintanence&utm_term=&utm_content=textonly

#rubyonrails #railsupgrade #technicaldebt

💡 Ever wondered how to efficiently pay off your tech debt without disrupting your team's workflow?

We recently launched Bonsai to help you upgrade at your own pace. Starting at $2k/month: https://www.fastruby.io/monthly-rails-maintenance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=monthlymaintanence&utm_term=&utm_content=textonly

#technicaldebt #rubyonrails #Maintenance #LegacyCode

⛔ #TechDebt is no joke.

The more you delay on upgrades the higher the interest—and the more likely you are to default from unaddressed updates.

Chip away at technical debt slowly starting at $2k with our Monthly Maintenances services: https://www.fastruby.io/blog/monthly-maintenance-services.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Organic&utm_campaign=Blogpromo&utm_term=Fixed-cost&utm_content=Textonly&utm_id=

#technicaldebt #Rails #webapi #Ruby #Maintenance #LegacyCode

#ClimateChange is to human what #TechnicalDebt is to #developers

Can't sleep in 2023 because of Ubuntu 10.04.

#technicaldebt #technicaldeath

We're excited to have Doc Norton joining us at #techbash 2023.

Register for 3 or 4 days and catch his session, The Technical Debt Trap. Join us at Kalahari Resort in the #poconos Nov 7-10: https://techbash.com/

#technicaldebt #programming #practices #techevent #developers #devconf #nepa #devcommunity

Observations from a startup consultant: "Either you’re swimming in technical debt or you’re just too early or too unsuccessful to have accumulated it."

https://medium.com/@aq/some-things-i-ve-learned-from-startup-consulting-154424576a12

#startups #consulting #technicaldebt

Well, it seemed like a good idea when I bought it at the garage sale.

#homelab #technicaldebt

⛔ Technical debt is no joke.

The more you delay on upgrades the higher the interest—and the more likely you are to default from unaddressed updates.

Chip away at technical debt slowly starting at $1k with our Monthly Maintenances services: https://www.fastruby.io/blog/monthly-maintenance-services.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Organic&utm_campaign=Blogpromo&utm_term=Fixed-cost&utm_content=Textonly&utm_id=

#technicaldebt #mobileapplication #webapi #webapplication

"...Wir müssen lernen, mit weniger als perfekt zu leben..."

#Software #TechnicalDebt

https://www.golem.de/news/technical-debt-40-jahre-arbeit-und-nichts-als-technische-schulden-2306-175091-4.html

"...Wir müssen lernen, mit weniger als perfekt zu leben..."

#Software #TechnicalDebt

https://www.golem.de/news/technical-debt-40-jahre-arbeit-und-nichts-als-technische-schulden-2306-175091-4.html

"...Wir müssen lernen, mit weniger als perfekt zu leben..."

#TechnicalDebt

https://www.golem.de/news/technical-debt-40-jahre-arbeit-und-nichts-als-technische-schulden-2306-175091-4.html

"The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one."

https://mikaelvesavuori.medium.com/from-technical-debt-to-technical-health-with-healthcheck-3e7fdc132f58 #code #complexity #technicaldebt

Large Scale Refactoring: Refactoring Across Many Projects

Refactoring is about making small changes without changing the behaviour. But what if you need to do the same change in a large code base across many different GitHub or GitLab projects. Here the emerging tools around large scale refactoring can help.

https://ecosystem4engineering.substack.com/p/large-scale-refactoring-refactoring

#softwareengineering #refactoring #github #gitlab #technicaldebt #developer #google #news #code #software #technology #tech #dev #java #java #automation #agile

Approaches for handling technical debt in Scrum

https://medium.com/serious-scrum/approaches-for-handling-technical-debt-in-scrum-7836a3b249ff #scrum #technicalDebt