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12 entries tagged “technical-debt

A015
78%

Code Generation Technical Debt

AI code generation accelerates development without increasing technical debt.

+55%code output per sprint+39%code churn (rewritten within 2 weeks)
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A027
70%

Vibe Coding Quality Collapse

Vibe coding with AI lets developers ship features 10x faster with acceptable quality.

+300-500%feature shipping speed+200-300%code churn rate
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O020
80%

Promotion-Driven Architecture

Senior engineers make better architecture decisions because they have more experience.

+200%system complexity-40%architecture decisions aligned with business needs
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O021
85%

Documentation Decay Half-Life

Documentation ensures knowledge transfer and reduces onboarding time.

-50%documentation accuracy at 12 months-70%developer trust in docs
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T003
75%

TypeScript Migration Momentum

TypeScript catches bugs at compile time and improves code quality.

+700%migration timeline+20%senior engineer time on types
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T010
85%

Rewrite Fallacy

Rewriting a legacy system from scratch is faster and cheaper than incrementally improving it.

+200-300%project timeline vs estimate-80%feature development during rewrite
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T013
78%

Feature Flag Debt

Feature flags enable safe, controlled rollouts without long-term costs.

Accumulatingstale feature flags in codebaseUntestableuntested code path combinations
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T015
85%

Low-Code Platform Lock-in

Low-code platforms accelerate development and reduce engineering dependency.

5-10x fasterinitial development speed (simple apps)Blockedcustomization beyond platform limits
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T021
75%

API Versioning Graveyard

API versioning maintains backward compatibility and keeps consumers happy.

+400%api versions maintained+25%engineering time on version maintenance
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T028
85%

Premature Optimization Trap

Optimizing early prevents performance problems later.

+150%code complexity-40%feature iteration speed
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T029
80%

Migration Halfway House

Incremental migration reduces risk compared to big-bang migration.

-35%migration completion rate+300%migration timeline
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T032
80%

Vendor SDK Dependency Trap

Using the official SDK is the fastest and most reliable way to integrate.

+1000%framework upgrade delayCumulative bloatbundle size per sdk
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