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Modernizing #Java at scale fails when refactoring isn’t repeatable. Bryan Friedman shows how #OpenRewrite enables safe, deterministic upgrades across massive codebases.

Learn the engine behind enterprise Java modernization: https://javapro.io/2026/02/04/the-open-source-deterministic-engine-maintaining-javas-next-30-years/

#@OpenRewrite #Java #TechDebt

Michael the Technomancer 3d ago

As someone who works in tech, a four-day "scheduled" outage for a production billing system is... a choice. I can’t imagine telling my team we’re taking the platform offline from Friday night until Tuesday morning for an "upgrade". In 2026, you'd think we'd have moved past maintenance windows that last half a week.

Where is the blue-green deployment? The canary releases? Just a casual 4-day blackout.

#TechDebt #DevOps #SRE #SoftwareEngineering #MaintenanceWindow

Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD 4d ago

One could say that our #AIslop #techdebt is decreasing, but what if the real metric should take absolute values of the number of slop #loc changes? #vibecoding

Dawn Technology 4d ago

Veel .NET-systemen werken nog prima.

Maar onder de oppervlakte ontstaat frictie: trage releases, complexe dependencies en steeds meer onderhoud. Dat is geen stabiliteit. Dat is stilstand.

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#dotnet #softwaremodernization #techdebt

Bryan King (W8DBK)May 5

The "security-first" mandate is killing professional productivity. It’s time to talk about the massive cleanup costs of forced updates and the systematic destruction of deep work. 🛠️ Stop paying the progress tax.

#CyberSecurity #DeveloperLife #TechDebt

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/the-deadweight-of-the-digital-treadmill-quantifying-the-cost-of-forced-updates/

The Deadweight of the Digital Treadmill: Quantifying the Cost of Forced Updates

Stop losing billable hours to forced software patches. This deep dive analyzes the systemic cost of update-driven productivity loss, functional regressions, and UI churn, offering a grit-lit perspe…

Bryan King

Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN 🇺🇸 0kale/acc May 4

One could say that our #AIslop #techdebt is decreasing, but what if the real metric should take absolute values of the number of slop #loc changes? #vibecoding

Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity May 4

Stop worshipping at the altar of Docker Swarm on a single node. You're running distributed systems tech for zero benefit. Raft log? Overlay network? On localhost? That's not production-grade, it's technical debt. Use Compose. Keep state in a text file, not a fragile binary. #DevOps #Docker #TechDebt

https://www.valtersit.com/guides/docker/docker-swarm-is-dead-long-live-compose/

Docker Swarm is Dead. Long Live Compose.

A guide to ripping out single-node Swarm and doing things the right way.

Valters IT

Christos Argyropoulos MD PhD May 4

One could say that our #AIslop #techdebt is decreasing, but what if the real metric should take absolute values of the number of slop #loc changes? #vibecoding

Christos Argyropoulos May 3

One could say that our #AIslop #techdebt is decreasing, but what if the real metric should take absolute values of the number of slop #loc changes? #vibecoding