September 09, 2025
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes
Calculating the impact of tech debt and building a management strategy.
Accruing technical debt isn’t necessarily a negative issue, and usually starts with good intentions. For instance, you may have made the call to accept a tech debt trade-off with the view to finishing a feature or meeting a deadline.
But what happens when this becomes the norm – an ingrained component of the culture? I have seen the process of teams normalizing broken tests, sluggish builds, and tribal knowledge to the point that no one asks questions about it anymore.
The longer this debt remains unaddressed, the more it interferes with the velocity of development and cognitive load, demotivating team members.
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September 09, 2025
