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SA Sahin Yelkenci

Refactoring — Mevcut Kodun Tasarımını İyileştirme Sanatı —Giriş Bölümü

Kısım I — Temeller: Refactoring’in Doğası

Jul 22, 2026 · 17 min read · 0 claps #refactoring #clean-code #technical-debt

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YE Yevhen Sevastianov · Coffee☕ And Code💚

The Point of No Return: How Technical Debt Predicts Engineering Attrition

From morale erosion to team collapse: a model, a cost comparison, and the threshold that separates the two.

Jul 05, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #software-development #leadership #tech

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MA Matthew Maynes

AI Is Dulling My Engineering Instincts — My Counterplan

A house built on quicksand will stand for a while, and everyone will compliment the siding

Jul 05, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #ai-assisted-development #ai #software-craftsmanship

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CI Cici Yu

Why Beautiful AI Prototypes Often Hide Dangerous Technical Debt

Typing a prompt into an AI tool and watching a beautiful user interface generate in 30 seconds feels like magic. But the moment you attempt…

Jul 03, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #momen #ai

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CA CapeStart · CodeToDeploy

Vibe Coding vs. Vibe Engineering: How Systems Scale Without Collapsing

How software teams move from rapid experimentation to reliable, scalable systems.

Jun 24, 2026 · 8 min read · 27 claps #software-engineering #software-development #engineering-management

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J3 J3 · Jungletronics

RubyCritic Found Problems Hiding in Plain Sight

Learn how to detect complex methods, duplicate code, and maintainability risks with a single HTML report

Jun 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #rubycritic #code-quality #technical-debt

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LU Luigi Pascal Rondanini

I’ve Been Reading COBOL from 1987 for Six Months

Not because I love it. Because I needed to know what happens when you take code older than the fall of the Berlin Wall and try to actually…

Jun 17, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #cobol #legacy-modernization #mainframe

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MA Mariandi Stylianou

When I have time…

I have a game for anyone reading this. Write down how many times you’ve said each of these this week (or month), then estimate how much…

Jun 16, 2026 · 6 min read · 1 claps #refactoring #team-culture #developer-experience

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WR Wrangler

Resilience Debt

Managing the debt that comes due under stress.

Jun 14, 2026 · 3 min read · 68 claps paywalled #resilience #resilience-debt #technical-debt

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FE Felipe Peña · Red Shift

Greenfield vs. Brownfield Isn’t a Code Question

Don’t rewrite a working app until you should.

Jun 10, 2026 · 10 min read · 490 claps #react-native #software-development #mobile-app-development

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KE Kevin Medina

What payment technical debt actually looks like

certification

Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #payment-engineering #emb #emv

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DI Digicore

Dual Sprint Strategy: Dedicating Half Your Capacity to Technical Debt

In our previous article about hollow unit testing, we asked you to imagine yourself as a supermarket’s security guard who didn’t conduct a…

Jun 10, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #scrum #agile-development #technical-debt

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AL Alfred Okedi

Between Overengineering and Oversimplification: The True Measure of Software Engineering Maturity

Introduction

Jun 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 3 claps #software-engineering #software-architecture #technical-debt

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VA Valentin Podkamennyi · Dev Genius

Software Development Documentation Challenges

Explore how software engineering’s oral traditions and high turnover cause documentation gaps, and assess AI’s role in resolving tech debt.

Jun 08, 2026 · 5 min read · 73 claps paywalled #software-development #documentation #ai

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SU Sudi Navile

Fast Cars - Fragile Teams Threads & Perspectives: Why this AI Formula won’t help you sustain

High-Performing Teams in this era won't just ship faster, They will treat cognitive & intent debt as first class risk.

Jun 08, 2026 · 11 min read · 4 claps #ai-governance #agentic-coding #technical-debt

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ST Stephane BALLET

Why Javascript Is SOoooo BAaaaad ?

Coming from environments where objects behave predictably, syntax is elegant, and object introspection is as simple as typing a single…

Jun 07, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #js #failure #technical-debt

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IL Illya Yalovoy

The Technical Debt Spreadsheet That Actually Gets Engineering Time Approved

Stop pitching code quality. Start selling cost avoidance. Here’s the exact format that works.

Jun 06, 2026 · 11 min read · 50 claps paywalled #technical-debt #engineering-mangement #software-engineering

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JO José Silva

The gym membership principle: why defining fitness functions isn’t the same as using them

The specific ways fitness functions fail go beyond neglect, and some of them look like diligence

Jun 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 5 claps #software-architecture #technical-debt #evolutionary-architecture

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DA David Rodenas PhD

Asking the AI to clean your code is only half an instruction

Why just asking it to clean up isn’t enough and why I built the skill that tells it when to stop.

Jun 06, 2026 · 14 min read · 24 claps paywalled #ai-coding #artificial-intelligence #clean-code

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CA Cameron Nyack

The Technical Debt Recovery Matrix: Liquidating Legacy Software Anchors

Today is Friday, June 5, 2026. As small and mid-sized businesses move through their mid-year growth plans, many are running into a familiar…

Jun 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #business-strategy #software-development

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SA Saeed Habibi · Learning Data

You Don’t Inherit a System. You Slowly Agree to It.

The maturity path runs from “someone else’s mess” to “my system now,” and the handover happens whether you notice it or not.

Jun 04, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps paywalled #software-engineering #software-architecture #refactoring

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ER Ertugrul karagoz · Trendyol Tech

Road to PDP 2.0 — Improving our Domain Codebase with Business Logic Refactoring

Collabs: Yiğit Özgümüş

Jun 04, 2026 · 6 min read · 122 claps #android #refactoring #android-architecture

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AL AlterSquare

The Hidden Cost of ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ When Your System Already Has 200K Users

TL;DR: At 200,000 users, prioritizing speed over stability creates measurable damage: a single bug can cost $400,000, developers lose 42%…

Jun 04, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #system-stability #refactoring

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SA Saeed Habibi

Every Legacy Replacement I’ve Seen Fails for the Same Reason.

It’s never the part you planned for. It’s the system nobody could see.

Jun 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 9 claps #software-engineering #refactoring #software-architecture

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SA Saeed Habibi

How I Decide What Problems Are Worth Solving (And What to Ignore)

Prioritization isn’t ranking problems by importance. It’s choosing which ones to leave broken and being able to defend the choice.

Jun 01, 2026 · 13 min read · 38 claps paywalled #technical-debt #productivity #engineering-leadership

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BU Burak Acar · Softtech

The Art of Deleting Code

In 1982, Apple engineer Bill Atkinson rewrote a critical part of the Lisa project. The result was software that ran significantly faster…

May 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 6 claps #software-engineering #software-architecture #technical-debt

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EU Eugene Afonin

Vibe Coding Cleanup: From AI-Generated MVP to Scalable Software

The rise of AI-assisted development has dramatically changed how software products are created. Startups, agencies, and internal enterprise…

May 26, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #ai-mvp #vibe-coding #scaling-software

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HA Hafiq Iqmal · Bootcamp

The Manager’s Guide to Technical Debt

Most of the engineers say it’s their biggest frustration at work. It’s probably not on your roadmap.

May 25, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps paywalled #leadership #technical-debt #software-engineering

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EU Eugene Afonin

Why Vibe Coding Still Needs Real Engineering

The software industry is experiencing one of the fastest productivity shifts in its history. AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor…

May 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #vibe-coding #ai-development #software-engineering

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DR Dr Stuart Woolley · The Grand Game of Software Engineering

The Vibe Patchers Walk Among Us

And you thought “vibe coding” was the nitroglycerine of the Grand Game.

May 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #humor #artificial-intelligence #vibe-coding

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SO Sonics

Technical Debt Analysis for Engineering Teams Using Excavate CLI

Technical debt grows quietly. It usually appears as slower delivery, fragile releases, and increasing fear around core files. A small…

May 24, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #code-quality #software-architecture

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AD Aditya Agarwal

AI slop debt” is technical debt on fast forward. Nobody’s ready.

Every cleanup process you have was designed for human-speed mess-making. AI agents just have a “hit the nitro” button.

May 24, 2026 · 3 min read · 50 claps #artificial-intelligence #technical-debt #software-engineering

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FL Fluffiny

Technical Debt Exists in AI Workflows Too

“The deadline is too close — let’s ship it as-is and clean it up later.”

May 23, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #software-engineering #side-hustle

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OV Ovidiu Dumitru

Technical Debt in Agent Systems: How to Borrow Strategically Without Going Bankrupt

Why your AI agents are “leaking” structural stability — and how to stop the compounding interest of technical debt before it bankrupts your…

May 22, 2026 · 10 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #software-engineering #llm

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RA Raza Hussain · Level Up Coding

Solid Queue Went Silent at 3am. This Is What Held the Lock.

The limits_concurrency semaphore interaction that silently starves your Solid Queue and shows no error in the logs

May 22, 2026 · 8 min read · 47 claps paywalled #database #postgresql #ruby-on-rails-development

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ME mertes.dev

Technische Schulden unter Zeitdruck — Warum Refactoring kein Luxus ist

Und weshalb aufgeschobene Entscheidungen langfristig teuer werden

May 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 claps #software-development #software-architecture #technical-debt

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AL AlterSquare

Your Outsourced Team Ships Fast. But Who’s Reviewing What They Leave Behind?

TL;DR: Outsourced teams that prioritize speed often leave behind vulnerable, undocumented code that costs 5–10x more to fix after launch…

May 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #outsource-coding-company #code-review #technical-debt

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SU Sudeer Verma

Managing Technical Debt: The Key to Scalable Engineering Teams

Technical debt isn’t what slows engineering teams down. Unmanaged technical debt does.

May 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #technical-debt-management #software-development

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AB ABV — Applied AI Reviews

The Next AI Coding Tool Should Refuse to Code

Bjarne Stroustrup is right to worry about vibe coding. The problem is not that AI writes code. The problem is that it lets people create…

May 21, 2026 · 10 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #software-engineering #ai-agent

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DI Diego Cañizares

Estoy seguro de que la luna es de queso

Dijo alguien al pasar. La respuesta no tardó en llegar:

May 21, 2026 · 6 min read · 3 claps #software-development #software-engineering #technical-debt

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RY Ryan Riccucci

“O” No! The Hidden Debt of “lowercase-o” Ontology

Search the web for “ontology” over the past month, and you will find that the term carries two incompatible meanings in modern enterprise…

May 21, 2026 · 12 min read · 2 claps #ontology #semantics #ai

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JO Joanne Skiles

Accountability Debt: The Hidden Cost in AI Code Generation

It’s Monday morning, so being the “good” tech leader you are, you look at the pending PRs.

May 20, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #vibe-coding #technical-debt

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OL Olebeng · Artificial Intelligence in Plain English

Two Kinds of Debt You Are Accumulating Every Time an AI Writes Your Code

There is a phrase that went mostly unremarked at AWS re:Invent 2025. Werner Vogels, Amazon’s Chief Technology Officer, was talking about…

May 19, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #it-audit-and-compliance #technical-debt #ai-governance

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DA David Rodenas PhD

Have We Reached the End of Legacy Code?

The cure for technical debt has existed for decades. We just never had anyone disciplined enough to apply it. Until now.

May 16, 2026 · 9 min read · 210 claps paywalled #technical-debt #artificial-intelligence #software-engineering

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QO qodors

Database Decisions That Haunt You 2 Years Later. Choose Wisely.

MongoDB felt easy. Firebase felt fast. Postgres felt safe. Then production hit. Here’s what nobody tells you about database choices early…

May 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #database #software-engineering #startup

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KE Keith MacKay

Software Moats in the Age of AI: What's Actually Defensible?

Why the "AI writes code now" narrative misses the point—and where competitive advantages stubbornly persist

May 12, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #software-moats #ai-strategy #technical-debt

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AL AlterSquare

Ship Fast Without the Fallout: The Framework We Use to Manage Tech Debt at Every Stage

TL;DR: The choice between moving fast and keeping the codebase clean is a false dilemma. AlterSquare’s Variable-Velocity Engine (V2E)…

May 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #startup #ci-cd-pipeline

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TW "วันละเรื่องสองเรื่อง" (Two Stories a Day)

🛑 เทรนด์ “บริษัทไร้ Dev” หรือ “Solo-preneur” ดีจริง? หรือปังพินาศ?

เมื่อผู้บริหารหลงเชื่อว่า AI เขียนโค้ดแทนคนได้ทั้งหมด… และองค์กรกำลังสร้างระเบิดเวลาทางเทคโนโลยีด้วยมือตัวเอง

May 11, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #ai-engineering #vibe-coding

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NO NorthPeak Technologies

The Bill is Due: Why Thousands of Startups are Quietly Imploding in 2026

Two years ago, we were told that AI would make developers 10x faster. We were told that “shipping is the only thing that matters.” We were…

Apr 30, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #technical-debt #software-engineering #startup-lessons

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CH Chy Okpara

Vibe Coding at the Crossroads: From Hype to Disciplined Practice

Eighteen months ago, “vibe coding” was a meme. Today, 92% of US developers use AI coding tools daily, 41% of all code written globally is…

Apr 28, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #vibe-coding #agentic-ai #ai-assisted-coding