Technical Debt & Economics | Thomas Nys

Legacy modernization strategy - when to replace versus wrap aging systems

Legacy Modernization: Break or Transform

GenAI implementation risks - why 30% of projects fail after proof-of-concept

GenAI Risks: The Billion-Euro Wake-Up Call

Cloud cost waste statistics - FinOps ownership gaps that drain budgets

FinOps Reality Check: 60% Wasted Spend

Technical debt maintenance costs - strategies to reduce 40% engineering overhead

3 Ways to Escape the 40% Maintenance Trap

Data platform migration timeline - why lakehouse projects exceed estimates

The Migration That Took Three Years

Shadow IT governance risk - citizen development hidden costs for data teams

Citizen Development Creates Enterprise Debt

Data platform ROI calculation - making invisible benefits visible to CFOs

The Data Platform ROI Nobody Calculates

Cloud cost optimization - architecture decisions behind $100B annual waste

Cloud Cost Shock - $100B in Waste

Continuous refactoring strategy - building cleanup into daily delivery routines

Refactoring Without Stopping Delivery

AI architecture requirements - why data quality issues amplify at scale

AI Won't Fix Your Architecture - It Will Amplify It