A term to remember:
Cognitive debt, a condition in which repeated reliance on external systems like LLMs replaces the effortful cognitive processes required for independent thinking.

We shouldn't worry only of the technical debt, but also cognitive debt when over-relying on the LLMs.
#technicaldebt
#cognitivedebt

The only solution to tech debt is to go fix all of it right away.

Read more here:
https://www.devleader.ca/2023/10/20/how-to-balance-technical-debt-tackle-it-before-it-tackles-you/

#developers #techdebt #technicaldebt #refactoring

33 years after Ward Cunningham coined “#TechnicalDebt,” the metaphor is collapsing. Pablo Bouzada asks: What if the real risk isn’t debt, but fragility? This piece reshapes the way you talk about code, cost, & credibility.

Take the red pill: https://javapro.io/2025/06/18/should-we-stop-discussing-about-technical-debt-with-top-management/

#LegacyCode

Aaron Grothe, CISSP presents 'What About C/C++' July 24th at Nebraska.Code().

https://nebraskacode.amegala.com/

#CSharp #TechnicalDebt #LegacyCode #CDialects #Cyclone #Trapc #TechConference #Nebraska #SoftwareCraftsmanship #lincolnnebraska #softwaredevelopment #DeveloperConference #developercommunity #ProgrammingConference #Networking

Is “#TechnicalDebt” still useful—or just a fancy way to say “not our fault”? Pablo Bouzada takes the metaphor apart, story by story, & shows how it fails where it should connect: with the people who sign the checks.

Read before your next roadmap meeting: https://javapro.io/2025/06/18/should-we-stop-discussing-about-technical-debt-with-top-management/

Brandon Suponchick presents 'Technically....Is That Even Technical Debt?' July 25th at Nebraska.Code().

https://nebraskacode.amegala.com/

#TechnicalDebt #UpdatingLibraries #ChangingPatterns #FixingBugs #lincoln #TechnicalSustainment #ModernizationActivities #SoftwareCraftsmanship #Nebraska #TechConference #Aviture #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #Programming

Does Your Team Produce ‘Bugs’?

Do your stakeholders think you produce 'Bugs'?

"A problem found in the production environment that prevents software from functioning as we encoded it."

I recommend #bugs are different than #defects, and #technicaldebt.

New video on my YouTube channel!

Technical Debt - The Project Killer
#technicaldebt #development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQUOAnu_yM8