tagged by: technical debt
CodeSmell
A code smell is a surface indication that usually corresponds to a deeper problem in the system. The term was first coined by Kent Beck while helping me with my Refactoring book.
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DesignStaminaHypothesis
From time to time I have indirect conversations about whether good software design is a worthwhile activity. I say these conversations are indirect because I don't think I've ever come across someone saying that software design is pointless. Usually it's expressed in a form like "we really need to move fast to make our target next year so we are reducing <some design activity>".
20 June 2007
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EstimatedInterest
TechnicalDebt is a very useful concept, but it raises the question of how do you measure it? Sadly technical debt isn't like financial debt, so it's not easy to tell how far you are in hock (although we seem to have had some trouble with measuring the financial kind recently).
10 December 2008
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TechnicalDebtQuadrant
There's been a few posts over the last couple of months about TechnicalDebt that's raised the question of what kinds of design flaws should or shouldn't be classified as Technical Debt.
14 October 2009
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DesignPayoffLine
In the DesignStaminaHypothesis, the design payoff line is the amount of functionality below which it is possible to trade off design quality for time to market.
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Detestable
(Here's an addition to your dictionary.)
Detestable (adjective): software that isn't testable.
16 March 2005
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TechnicalDebt
You have a piece of functionality that you need to add to your system. You see two ways to do it, one is quick to do but is messy - you are sure that it will make further changes harder in the future. The other results in a cleaner design, but will take longer to put in place.
26 February 2009
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