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Might actually be the best metaphor I've seen on this topic
by thisisastopsign 7y ago
Might actually be the best metaphor I've seen on this topic
- fizixer 7y agoFully agree. Refactoring (that serves to reduce tech. debt) needs to happen on a recurring basis. It's the 3rd pillar of coding activity, alongside features, and bugfixes.
- heisenbit 7y agoLike with Tetris sometimes you find a block that allows for retirement of a lot of old stuff. But maybe this block never comes. Or maybe it comes only after you papered over the debt and the solution does not work anymore.
- smitty1e 7y agoThen there is the false sense of security coming from a skilled player deftly obviating tech debt. Until that player departs, and the team is buried.
- jsight 7y agoThat's an interesting analogy and it has two sides. A skilled player might hide a lot of technical debt without even realizing it. An unskilled one might see a lot of it that doesn't even exist.
- smitty1e 7y agoThere is a certain subjectivity in play. Is Duff's Device technical debt? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff%27s_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff%27s_device
- js8 7y agoIt's not the best metaphor on just the technical debt, but to the whole modern corporate governance, which prefers short term profits instead of fixing things for long term gains.