Technical Debt: The Hidden Cost Of Quick Fixes
Technical debt accumulates when dev teams prioritize quick fixes over sustainable code practices, slowing coding cycles, increasing maintenance costs and deteriorating software quality.
Technical debt often emerges when development teams make compromises that prioritize immediate solutions over sustainable code practices. Similar to financial debt, these compromises accumulate interest over time, requiring additional resources and effort to resolve later. The impact extends beyond simple code issues, affecting entire systems and development processes. Key Consequences of Technical Debt When organizations accumulate technical debt, they face several significant challenges. Development teams experience slower coding cycles, requiring more time to implement new featur...