Show HN: Swimming in Tech Debt
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Summary
by metafa.stThe article discusses the concept of technical debt, its causes, and strategies for managing it effectively. It emphasizes the importance of addressing technical debt proactively to maintain a healthy codebase and ensure long-term sustainability of software projects.
This is the first half of my book, “Swimming in Tech Debt”. It is available at a pre-launch sale price of $0.99 (https://loufranco.com/tech-debt-book).
I have been working on it since January 2024. It is based on some posts in my blog, but expands on my ideas quite a bit.
In September 2024, excerpts appeared in Gergely Orosz’s Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, which helped me get a lot of feedback that expanded the book from my initial idea. This half is about what I expected to do before that —- the rest of the book goes into team and CTO practices.