debt
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⏳ The "long-term" may be closer than you think...
A common objection to “Platform Thinking” (proactively build your platform from the start) is: there isn’t time right now; this can be done after the 1.0 release when there is ample time and resources. The “long-term” can be defined as when…
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⚖️ Technical debt compounds with you doing nothing
Technical debt is like any other kind of debt – it accrues when nothing is done. This is perhaps the most insidious aspect of debt. How does technical debt work? Mainly that software (and technology in general) moves on (especially OSS), an…
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🔄 Open loops -> technical debt
If something is corrected, it needs to be fed back and incorporated, so you don’t keep redoing the same stuff over and over and eventually bury yourself in technical debt. Effective organizations close the loop.
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✅ The problem with software
I’m currently reading The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. Gawande is a surgeon who wants to find a way to reduce the mistakes and their catastrophic consequences during surgery. So he investigates other industries such as air travel a…