Technical Debt Is Inevitable. Here's How To Manage It
DevOps.com, Thursday, June 8,2023
Eventually, your organization will accumulate technical debt. It doesn't matter what programming language, software stack, computing style, host, or slick hybrid mix you use. It doesn't matter if you're using a waterfall or agile methodology. Ultimately, most technology becomes technical debt one day.
'Technical debt is inevitable,' said Insight's North American chief technology officer, Juan Orlandini. 'Technical debt is like credit card debt. If you're not smart about how you use it, your balance keeps increasing.'
Today's technological trends will one day fall out of favor, especially as talent moves on and older maintainers retire. And while this all might sound grim, acceptance is the first step toward change. Realizing this pattern of technical debt and accepting its inevitability may be the key to building future-proofed, evolvable software ecosystems.