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Balancing tech debt and product needs – Why is it important?

It’s been a while! A few weeks ago I wrote about work in progress limits and software delivery frequency. Today, I’ll be writing about technical debt or (tech debt) and why it’s important to manage as you scale. Tech debt isn’t just a large business problem to solve. It impacts startups and mid sizes organizations just as much. Let’s start off with some basics. What is technical debt? What is technical debt? Technical debt is a concept in software development that refers to the cost of making shortcuts or suboptimal decisions during the development process, which can lead to increased