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Technical debt is one of those things every software engineer deals with, but not everyone fully understands. It's not just about messy code or TODO comments left to rot - it's about the tradeoffs we make every day to ship faster now, knowing we’ll have to pay for it later.
I made a video breaking down everything you need to know about technical debt. From Martin Fowler’s 4 quadrants to real-world metrics showing how much time and money tech debt actually costs teams. I cover what technical debt really is, the different types, how to manage it, when to take it on deliberately, how to measure it, how to communicate it to non-technical stakeholders, and how to systematically pay it down - without halting product development.
Whether you're a junior dev just trying to understand why your codebase is chaos, or a senior engineer looking to improve your team’s dev velocity, this video gives you the tools and frameworks to deal with tech debt. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
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Technical debt is one of those things every software engineer deals with, but not everyone fully understands. It's not just about messy code or TODO comments left to rot - it's about the tradeoffs we make every day to ship faster now, knowing we’ll have to pay for it later.
I made a video breaking down everything you need to know about technical debt. From Martin Fowler’s 4 quadrants to real-world metrics showing how much time and money tech debt actually costs teams. I cover what technical debt really is, the different types, how to manage it, when to take it on deliberately, how to measure it, how to communicate it to non-technical stakeholders, and how to systematically pay it down - without halting product development.
Whether you're a junior dev just trying to understand why your codebase is chaos, or a senior engineer looking to improve your team’s dev velocity, this video gives you the tools and frameworks to deal with tech debt. Hope this helps. Enjoy!
A portion of this video is sponsored by monday.com.
If you're a developer, sign up to my free newsletter Dev Notes 👉 devnotesdaily.com
If you're a student, checkout my Notion template Studious: notionstudent.com
Don't know why you'd want to follow me on other socials. I don't even post. But here you go.
🐱🚀 GitHub: github.com/forrestknight
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/forrestpknight
💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/forrestpknight
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/forrestpknight
