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How to Get Tech Debt Prioritized - Dev Leader Weekly 144

TL; DR:

Decision-makers are detached from your code
"The code is a mess" never wins
Reframe tech debt as future velocity
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How to Get Tech Debt Prioritized

This week's topic comes from a post on the ExperiencedDevs subreddit. A developer was asking for perspective on getting their manager to prioritize tech debt. It used to get prioritized, they said, but lately their manager keeps pushing back because the team needs to deliver features. If you've been writing software for any length of time, you know this one -- the age-old battle between shipping more things and making the code better. And if you haven't hit it yet, it's probably just about to happen.

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