Monthly Archives: October 2013

Avoiding Technical Debt: How to Accumulate Technical Savings

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

The metaphor of Technical Debt has been widely accepted as part of the current reality of software development. Programmers agree that they frequently need to make sacrifices in order to meet deadlines, and the consequences of these sacrifices are modules … Continue reading →

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On Technical Debt and the Psychology of Risk Taking

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

I recently read the following message in a developers’ forum (rephrased here): “I’m facing a dilemma. I must deliver the product by the end of this quarter, but there are still many tests I would like to execute. The product … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Efficacy, Psychology of Programming, TDD | Tagged , , , | 27 Comments