
About this episode
The pandemic accelerated many large scale digital transformations. Accelerated application growth often leads to increased technical debt. Technical debt makes it difficult for leaders to innovate and create new and improved customer experiences from their technologies. This stifled innovation means lower long term revenue.
Eventually, technical debt will sink you.
What is technical debt and how can you control it?
Today on Modern Digital Business.
Useful Links
- Technical debt will sink you | InfoWorld
- Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts Online Class | LinkedIn Learning
- Architecting for Scale, 2nd Edition, O’Reilly Media
About Lee
Lee Atchison is a software architect, author, public speaker, and recognized thought leader on cloud computing and application modernization. His most recent book, Architecting for Scale (O’Reilly Media), is an essential resource for technical teams looking to maintain high availability and manage risk in their cloud environments. Lee has been widely quoted in multiple technology publications, including InfoWorld, Diginomica, IT Brief, Programmable Web, CIO Review, and DZone, and has been a featured speaker at events across the globe.
Take a look at Lee's many books, courses, and articles by going to leeatchison.com.
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