Weird How That Works

Software engineering Technical debt Refactoring Project management Software development Code quality Budget Bad decisions Corporate logic Development cycle

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Weird How That Works

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The eternal paradox of software development budgets! Companies will pinch pennies when it comes to investing in proper architecture, clean code, or adequate testing time... but then magically find a mountain of cash when it's time to rewrite the entire codebase because the technical debt finally collapsed like a house of cards. It's the corporate equivalent of refusing to pay for an oil change but happily buying a new engine when the old one seizes up. Technical debt interest rates are brutal, folks!

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