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May 7, 2022 - 5 MIN READ
What is technical debt?

What is technical debt?

Do you know when you decide to refactor your code the next sprint? Or when you cut corners just to get that feature out in time?..

Michael Shobowale

Michael Shobowale

Do you know when you decide to refactor your code the next sprint? Or when you cut corners just to get that feature out in time? (We are all guilty of this 😞 )

Well those issues compile and become what is called in software engineering as technical debt

In the short term, they are advantageous, but in the long term, they could be disastrous. (Very)

A software engineer should know when it’s time to pay the debt (technical) πŸ˜‰

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