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๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ

Technical debt isnโ€™t just messy codeโ€”itโ€™s the silent killer of productivity. Every shortcut, every rushed feature, every un-refactored module adds hidden interest that slows your releases, multiplies bugs, and drains developer morale.

In my latest Medium deep dive, I show how to tackle debt practically and systematically, including:

โœ… ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ across code, architecture, infrastructure, and processes
โœ… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ with a Risk vs Effort matrix
โœ… ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ with real .NET before/after code examples
โœ… ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ to track progress and justify improvements
โœ… ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ to integrate debt management into team workflows without slowing delivery

If youโ€™re building software in .๐—ก๐—˜๐—ง, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ-๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€, this article is a ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ โ€“ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ

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