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Growing the development forest 🌲 β€” with Martin Fowler

Refactoring Podcast

CHAPTER

Navigating Technical Debt in Software Engineering

This chapter explores the concept of technical debt, comparing it to financial debt in real life, and discusses the importance of managing it through abstractions and first principles. The conversation highlights the contrast between technical practices and their economic benefits, advocating for continuous improvement methods like refactoring and Test-Driven Development (TDD). Additionally, it addresses the challenges of integrating effective methodologies within teams, emphasizing the need for contextual understanding to enhance productivity and collaboration.

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