SmartBear·4h agoHow AI is transforming build vs. buy strategyAI makes building tools feel cheap, but maintenance eats up to 80% of lifetime cost. See what to weigh before you commit to building.
Pragmatic Coders·6h agoMigration Complete. When Is It Safe to Shut Down the Old System? (+ How to Do It on Mobile)The decision to permanently shut down a legacy system is rarely a purely technical matter. It is a process that requires taking into…
Chathuranga Pathirana·19h agoHow to Become the Least Favourite Engineer in the RoomEvery skipped test and “temporary” timeout makes the next shortcut easier. Here’s why I keep pushing back.
Hector Canovas·2d agoWho Should Decide When to Pay Down Technical Debt? (Hint: Not Your Engineers Alone)Technical debt is a business decision with an engineering price tag, and treating it as an engineering-only problem is why it never gets…
Rashmi Ramaiah·2d agoWhat I Found Auditing an AI-Built Cloud MigrationAI can write the code. It takes expertise to know if it’s right, and leadership to listen.A response icon2A response icon2
Jitin Bahri·3d agoTech debt on the roadmap: how to get business buy-in“We need a quarter to refactor” almost never gets approved. “This costs us four engineer-weeks a quarter and slows every payments feature…A response icon2A response icon2
Naveen Metta·3d agoWhy Our Feature Flags Turned Into Technical DebtWe had 412 flags in production and nobody could tell me which ones were safe to delete.
InUnderlying LogicbyBestte·3d agoAI Can Write the Code. Who’s Going to Maintain It?Generating a working feature is getting easier. Understanding what happens to that feature six months later is still a software engineering…
naoto·5d agoA Software Company Reported 800 Customers. Then It Collapsed.Why a large customer base can become a liability instead of an asset.
ksoft technologies·5d agoPhased vs Big-Bang Legacy Modernization: How to Avoid a Full RewriteMost legacy systems do not need to be replaced in one giant project. The better question is which parts can move safely, which parts should…
