Technical Debt vs Technical Excellence

Developers should understand technical debt to make informed decisions about when to incur it (e meets developers should adopt technical excellence to build reliable, easy-to-maintain software that can evolve with changing requirements, particularly in complex or long-lived projects. Here's our take.

Technical Debt

Nice Pick

Developers should understand technical debt to make informed decisions about when to incur it (e

Pros

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• Related to: refactoring, code-quality

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Technical Excellence

Developers should adopt Technical Excellence to build reliable, easy-to-maintain software that can evolve with changing requirements, particularly in complex or long-lived projects

Pros

• It is crucial in agile environments, enterprise applications, and safety-critical systems where code quality directly impacts business outcomes and reduces future rework
• Related to: test-driven-development, continuous-integration

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Technical Debt is a concept while Technical Excellence is a methodology. We picked Technical Debt based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Technical Debt wins

Based on overall popularity. Technical Debt is more widely used, but Technical Excellence excels in its own space.