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Discussion on: Communicating Technical Debt

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Davide de Paolis • Edited

poor code inside of the codebase encourages substandard work on the project because it is shown to be an acceptable level of workmanship, so this form of debt encourages future debt.

Couldn't agree more. Sloppiness - like laziness - is contagious. Like in the broken windows theory. Luckily even the opposite is true, high quality code, highly motivated, driven and positive developers can become the major growth and speed boost for the entire team ( but it is harder. )

the analogy with Farming and rotating the crops is AMAZING.
thanx for the article

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Matt Eland

No problem! I almost mentioned broken window theory by name, but held off due to length. In the follow-on on paying down technical debt, I'll go into it more.