From 631b4a5d8778944a474a17328309f0bc27db332c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:21:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2024-10-01 Not all legacy code is technical debt --- source/_daily_emails/2024-10-01.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2024-10-01.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-10-01.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-10-01.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..53827d64 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-10-01.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: Not all legacy code is technical debt +date: 2024-10-01 +permalink: daily/2024/10/01/not-all-legacy-code-is-technical-debt +tags: + - software-development +cta: d7eol +snippet: | + Not all legacy code is technical debt. +--- + +Technical debt is an overused term with people often referring to any legacy code, outdated dependencies or bugs as technical debt. + +Technical debt specifically refers to the future cost when a short-term solution is selected over a more flexible or efficient one. + +For example, hard-coding something for now and making it dynamic later. + +It's not any code the current Developers didn't write or no longer want to support.