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continuous deployment

There's no such thing as simultaneous

A thought experiment: Imagine you have two computers sitting next to each other, about one foot apart, each displaying a clock. The clock has nanosecond precision and you, a superhuman watching two supermonitors, are able to see that the nanoseconds are in sync. As you sit there, looking at the
29 Mar 2026 4 min read
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planning

Debt, Depreciation, and Sustaining Engineering Work

Calling rearchitecture "tech debt" is a dangerous lie: it misrepresents the level of effort and retroactively makes our decisions into mistakes.
14 Nov 2023 4 min read
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technical

What is "Tech Depreciation?"

As soon as you drive that software off the lot, its value will start going down. "Tech debt" is a well-known and useful metaphor, but I've found it doesn't describe the whole picture. Technical debt is a choice, a trade-off—sometimes made
07 Aug 2022 3 min read
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