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Technical Debt & Economics

60 posts filed under Technical Debt & Economics.

Jan 16, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

We Shipped Fast. We Paid Slowly

The problem isn't shipping fast. It's not being able to fix fast.

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Jan 14, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

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 …

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Jan 13, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

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.

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Jan 10, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Why Your AI Project Failed at the Data Layer

Rule of thumb: AI success is 20% model and 80% data infrastructure.

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Jan 9, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Legacy Modernization: Break or Transform

Some legacy systems should be replaced. Most should just be wrapped.

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Jan 6, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

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.

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Jan 3, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

FinOps Reality Check: 60% Wasted Spend

Up to 60% of your cloud spend can go to waste. And nobody owns the problem.

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Jan 1, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

3 Ways to Escape the 40% Maintenance Trap

Your engineers spend 40% on maintenance. Here's how to get half of that back.

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Dec 31, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

The Migration That Took Three Years

We planned a six-month migration. We finished in three years.

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Dec 27, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

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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