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Technical Debt
Posted on 6/27/25 at 11:23 am
Posted on 6/27/25 at 11:23 am
My software dev. son used this the other day.
Who knew?
Who knew?
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Posted on 6/27/25 at 12:06 pm to Slingscode
Who knew what? That a software developer has any idea what tech debt is? 
Posted on 6/27/25 at 12:19 pm to LemmyLives
Do you?
Posted on 6/27/25 at 12:24 pm to Slingscode
Of course. It's a term in common usage. That server running NT 3.5.1? That's tech debt.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 3:10 pm to Slingscode
The worst is when Developers want to fix tech. debt but managers, time and funding don't allow it. Then 20 years roll on...
Posted on 6/28/25 at 9:15 pm to Slingscode
I've heard it referred to in the context of sloppy code with problems but to meet a deadline it went into production anyway, and works, but has performance and security issues that "we'll fix later" but never get fixed.
For example...... nevermind.
For example...... nevermind.
This post was edited on 6/28/25 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:32 am to Slingscode
It's the result of the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality. IMO this ignores that there's a whole spectrum of brokenness and pretty much everything in the world continually slips down the slide of disrepair if not maintained.
It costs money to maintain a vehicle, but if you don't maintain it it's costing you money anyway. You're going to have to pay that maintenance debt sooner or later. Best to keep up with it.
It costs money to maintain a vehicle, but if you don't maintain it it's costing you money anyway. You're going to have to pay that maintenance debt sooner or later. Best to keep up with it.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:29 am to Korkstand
We hear you, after we get this next batch of features out we should have some free cycles to circle back to start chipping away at some of the tech debt. Feel free to cut tickets and add them to the backlog so product and stakeholders can get an idea on LOE.
Thnx, Mgmt
Thnx, Mgmt
Posted on 6/30/25 at 2:45 pm to DoubleDown
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The worst is when Developers want to fix tech. debt but managers, time and funding don't allow it. Then 20 years roll on...
So glad I work for a company that doesn't pull that kind of crap. The only time crap lingers is when it's a specialty piece of software that's hard to find an updated equivalent.
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