Episode 207 – Tech Debt vs Cruft

  Today we are going to talk about tech debt. What it is and how to manage it.   1) What is tech debt? – Intentional vs Unintentional (Software Entropy / Code Rot) cruft – Architectural Choice vs Poor Development Practice Types of tech debt – Deliberate Technical Debt – Accidental/Outdated Design Tech Debt – […]
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Episode 207 – Tech Debt vs Cruft

August 9, 2021 in Podcast by John Callaway

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Today we are going to talk about tech debt. What it is and how to manage it.

1) What is tech debt?

– Intentional vs Unintentional (Software Entropy / Code Rot) cruft

– Architectural Choice vs Poor Development Practice

Types of tech debt

– Deliberate Technical Debt

– Accidental/Outdated Design Tech Debt

– “Bit Rot” Technical Debt

2) What is the effect of tech debt?

– Ease of Development?

– Team Moral (https://codeahoy.com/2020/01/25/technical-debt/)

3) How can you manage it?

– Tech Debt

– Cruft

4) Is there good tech debt?

– Tech Debt

5) How to get out of “the hole”

#### Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt

https://docondev.com/blog/2010/10/technical-debt-versus-cruft

https://www.outsystems.com/blog/posts/technical-debt/

https://codeahoy.com/2020/01/25/technical-debt

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John Callaway

An International Speaker, Author, and Microsoft MVP, John has been a professional developer since 1999. He has focused primarily on web technologies and currently focuses on C# and .NET Core in Azure. Clean code and professionalism are particularly important to him, as well as mentoring and teaching others what he has learned along the way.

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