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The article could have used the term technical debt. To me technical debt happens not only when new code gets added in a sloppy way, but also when the developer
by ahofmann 3y ago
The article could have used the term technical debt. To me technical debt happens not only when new code gets added in a sloppy way, but also when the developer experience gets worse.
- morelisp 3y agoI really like Egon Elbre's definition of technical debt as idealized effort vs. actual effort to make changes - https://www.storj.io/blog/demystifying-technical-debt https://www.storj.io/blog/demystifying-technical-debt It nicely captures a lot of the usually "fuzzier" things of technical debt, like how code even with no changes and no changing requirement somehow accrues technical debt (you get better, your idealized effort reduces).