Engineering

How Technical Debt is Stealing Your Runway

Sarah Jenkins

Nov 5, 2024

6 min read

The Invisible Cost

Every hacky fix and skipped test is a loan you take out against your future velocity. Eventually, the interest payments (bug fixes, slow deployments) consume all your capacity.

The Fix: The 20% Rule

Dedicate 20% of every sprint to Paying Down Debt. It doesn't have to be a massive refactor. Small, consistent improvements keep the codebase healthy.

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