Classifying Technical Debt by Type Before a Rebuild
Understand what type of debt you have before deciding whether to rebuild or refactor.
Emeka Ashworth
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6 stories in Startup Technical Debt.
Understand what type of debt you have before deciding whether to rebuild or refactor.
Design principles that prevent MVPs from breaking under real-world demand.
Early-stage SaaS teams usually outgrow complexity faster than they outgrow a monolith.
Small teams can sustain shipping by budgeting 15-20% of every sprint to reduce technical debt.
Unaddressed technical debt from your MVP can exponentially compound and kill growth.
Understand refactoring, reengineering, and rebuilding to pick the right path.