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Like 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
by heisenbit 7y ago
Like 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