Can We Please Stop Talking About Tech Debt? • Emily Rosengren • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Chicago 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOchgo https://gotochgo.com Emily Rosengren - Engineering Leader at Grainger @grainger RESOURCES https://linkedin.com/in/emily-rosengren-99ab631b https://github.com/emirose ABSTRACT Want to know the secret to getting your "tech debt" work addressed? Stop calling it tech debt. While the concept was helpful when Ward Cunningham first coined it, a lot has changed about the software industry since then. Let's talk about why this concept is holding us back and how we should think differently about making sure important tech work gets done. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:46 Tidying up 05:04 What is tech debt? 07:00 A lot has changed since the 90s 11:41 Why "tech debt" is holding us back 15:56 What to do instead 18:03 How to do it successfully 21:45 Where to go from here 22:32 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotochgo.com/2023/sessions/2691 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Marie Kondo • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up • https://amzn.to/3Oi38Wc Adam Tornhill • Software Design X-Rays • https://amzn.to/3DEeEnI Adam Tornhill • Your Code as a Crime Scene • https://amzn.to/3FI5E2V Adam Tornhill • Lisp for the Web • https://leanpub.com/lispweb Adam Tornhill • Patterns in C • https://leanpub.com/patternsinc https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #TechDebt #Legacy #LegacyCode #DeveloperProductivity #CodeComplexity #Complexity #Teams #TechnicalDebt #EmilyRosengren #TidyingUp #MarieKondo Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1