Your feature velocity has slowed to a crawl. Every small change breaks something unexpected. Your best engineers are quietly updating their resumes.
The cause isn't a lack of talent. It's technical debt. And it's a business problem, not just an engineering one. 💰
We often describe it as a loan, but it's more like a factory running on rusty, unmaintained machinery. You can keep demanding more output, but eventually, the entire production line will grind to a halt. And that "unexpected" breakdown will cost you far more than proactive maintenance ever would.
Refactoring and modernization aren't "chores" to be squeezed between features. They are the essential investments that enable future growth and speed. Stop asking for permission. Start framing tech debt in terms of risk and opportunity cost.
How do you successfully make the business case for tackling tech debt? Share your winning arguments.