Technical Debt & Economics
60 posts filed under Technical Debt & Economics.
We Shipped Fast. We Paid Slowly
The problem isn't shipping fast. It's not being able to fix fast.
Read →Technical Debt Is Like Credit Card Interest - It Compounds
Think of technical debt like a credit card. Your data platform maxed it out years ago. Your engineers? They're stuck paying the minimum …
Read →Data Consultancy vs Data Products - The Expensive Confusion
A data team that only consults will never scale. A data team that only builds will never be used.
Read →Why Your AI Project Failed at the Data Layer
Rule of thumb: AI success is 20% model and 80% data infrastructure.
Read →Legacy Modernization: Break or Transform
Some legacy systems should be replaced. Most should just be wrapped.
Read →GenAI Risks: The Billion-Euro Wake-Up Call
GenAI failures are poised to cost enterprises billions in wasted budget. Many won't be tech failures.
Read →FinOps Reality Check: 60% Wasted Spend
Up to 60% of your cloud spend can go to waste. And nobody owns the problem.
Read →3 Ways to Escape the 40% Maintenance Trap
Your engineers spend 40% on maintenance. Here's how to get half of that back.
Read →The Migration That Took Three Years
We planned a six-month migration. We finished in three years.
Read →Citizen Development Creates Enterprise Debt
The app your business team built in a week will cost IT six months to fix.
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