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Re:Be likeable or get fired by kazinator on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:47PM (#16887949)
If technical interest rates are dirt low on your technical debt, go into technical debt. :)
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Re:Be likeable or get fired by wolco on Friday April 20, 2018 @04:15PM (#16888144)
Loved how that was framed. I'm going to start assessing the interest rate. Which to me is the interest leadership has on fixing vs new features.
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Re:Be likeable or get fired by kazinator on Friday April 20, 2018 @04:35PM (#16888274)
Or, to stick with the analogy more closely; what is interest? It's the cost of servicing a debt. Technical debt has a low cost to the extent that it Just Works. If it has to be constantly propped up, then it's high interest.
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