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Technical Debt: Adding a Window to a Broken System

cartoon of two construction workers looking at a dilapidated house with a speech bubble saying 'I don't understand why it takes so long to add a new window'

A developer struggles with technical debt as a construction worker wonders why adding a simple feature takes so long

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Language: 🇺🇸 EN
Tags: #code-complexity #coding-struggles #development-challenges #dev-problems #legacy-code #software-engineering #software-maintenance #technical-debt
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Posted: 2025-02-09

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