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3 Kinds of Tech Debt | Byte Size Theories

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In software engineering, we’re often faced with trade-offs that sacrifice what is best for the long term against something that increases velocity in the short term. A commonly used financial analogy is describing this as taking on technical debt. I will not cover accidental and deliberate tech debt, neither will I give a decision making framework in this article. That is its own subject, and context specific. However, there is a mental framework that has worked well for me across different teams, codebases and systems.

3 Kinds of Tech Debt | Byte Size Theories 3 Kinds of Tech Debt Jul 10, 2021 14:54 · 1218 words · 6 minute read In software engineering, we’re often faced with trade-offs that sacrifice what is best for the long term against something that increases velocity in the short term. A commonly used financial analogy is describing this as taking on technical debt . I will not cover accidental and deliberate tech debt, neither will I give a decision making framework in this article. That is its own subject, and context specific. However, there is a mental framework that has worked well for me across di

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