Ep. 7 - Rethinking Technical Debt

We've all worked with a code base where we were afraid to change anything. That's the result of technical debt. Today we redefine technical debt, talk about where it comes from, how much it actually costs, but most importantly how to pay it down, and accrue less to begin with.

Adam Tornhill @ GOTO 2019 - Prioritizing Technical Debt as if Time and Money Matters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl4aZ2KXBsQ

Adam Tornhill Tools to Measure Technical Debt:
https://codescene.io/
https://github.com/adamtornhill/code-maat

Consortium for Information & Software Quality Tech Debt Report:
https://www.it-cisq.org/the-cost-of-poor-quality-software-in-the-us-a-2018-report/#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20the%20cost%20of,the%20body%20of%20the%20report.

CAST Appmarq - Software Health & Risk Calculator:
https://www.castsoftware.com/products/appmarq

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