Technical Debt & Economics | Thomas Nys

Architecture review ROI - why skipping reviews costs months of rework

The False Economy of Skipping Architecture Reviews

Technical debt interest rate - why code shortcuts compound faster than finance

Hidden Cost Multiplier: Technical Debt Compounds Faster Than Financial Debt

Technical debt refactoring myth - why teams never find time to fix architecture

The Expensive Lie - We'll Refactor Later

MVP technical debt trap - hidden interest rates on quick launches

Why MVP Thinking Creates Permanent Debt

Engineering culture and technical debt - speed without quality creates drag

Speed-only cultures build hidden debt, not velocity

Irreversible architecture decisions - recognizing one-way doors in system design

The architecture decisions you can't reverse

Architecture beyond code - why system design includes people and process

Most teams view architecture as code

Delivery velocity vs architecture - why speed without foundation fails

"Faster" alone won't save anyone

Documentation debt cost - how unclear architecture decisions drain millions

Clarity is cheap. Confusion costs millions.

Buy vs build strategic analysis - control, cost, and vendor risk tradeoffs

Buy vs Build isn't an IT decision.