Hacker News with Generative AI: Technical Debt

Debts, Tech and Otherwise (newardassociates.com)
While people debate the validity of "tech debt", others are asking, "What other sorts of 'debt' do we have in software development and delivery?"

Software Development, Technical Debt, Software Delivery

44 points by BerislavLopac 3 days ago | 17 comments

BSD kqueue is a mountain of technical debt (2021) (ariadne.space)
A side effect of the whole freenode kerfluffle is that I’ve been looking at IRCD again. IRC, is of course a very weird and interesting place, and the smaller community of people who run IRCDs are largely weirder and even more interesting.

Operating Systems, Technical Debt, IRC, Software

121 points by thunderbong 95 days ago | 107 comments

Technical debt vs. technical assets: What's the difference? (liblab.com)
Some people see technical debt as a list of missing features, but it should be a list of the problems that you know you have to vs want to solve.

Software Development, Technical Debt, Programming

41 points by mbastos 106 days ago | 40 comments

Is Cultural Technical Debt Sabotaging Our Survival? (joanwestenberg.com)
Technical debt occurs when software development relies on quick-fix solutions or outdated code to keep systems running smoothly. These temporary patches often serve immediate needs, but over time, they accumulate, slowing down performance and complicating future changes.

Software Development, Technical Debt, Culture

12 points by lamename 134 days ago | 4 comments

A Taxonomy of Tech Debt (2018) (riotgames.com)
Hi there. I’m Bill “LtRandolph” Clark, and I’m the engineering manager for the Champions team on LoL. I’ve worked on several different teams on League over the past years, but one focus has been consistent: I’m obsessed with tech debt. I want to find it, I want to understand it, and where possible, I want to fix it.

Software Development, Technical Debt, Engineering Management

294 points by jakey_bakey 186 days ago | 75 comments

Microservices Are Technical Debt (youtube.com)

Microservices, Software Architecture, Technical Debt

27 points by faizshah 192 days ago | 14 comments

Engineer's guide to convincing your Product Manager to prioritize technical debt (eng-leadership.com)
But convincing a product manager (PM) to prioritize it over shiny new features? That’s a whole different challenge.

Software Development, Product Management, Technical Debt

45 points by samsepi01 208 days ago | 27 comments

Not Another Technical Debt Article (jimmyhmiller.github.io)

Technical Debt, Software Development, Software Engineering

11 points by mooreds 242 days ago | 9 comments

Linux Technical Debt: A Visual Explanation (Directory Entries/struct dirent) (youtube.com)