Of Buyers & Renters

An exploration of the metaphor framework for Technical Debt.

Presented at RailsConf 2013 in Portland, Oregon

Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakfJ2spb3w

Transcript

1. OF BUYERS & RENTERS and keeping a roof over our heads
2. Extending the metaphorical framework used to discuss the consequences of technical decision-making
3. Extending the metaphorical framework used to discuss the consequences of technical decision-making An experiment in self-justification
4. @sd SEBASTIAN DELMONT
5. 2005 - Rails 0.13.1 212 models 209 controllers 27,900 commits 10 developers STREETEASY
6. ”
7. TECHNICAL DEBT Ward Cunningham 1992
8. TECHNICAL DEBT “I love to be quoted” Ward Cunningham
9. tool to communicate with non-technical people METAPHOR
10. TECHNICAL DEBT “so it was an extraction!!!” @dhh
11. METAPHOR tool to communicate with non-technical people tool to discuss decisions with peers
12. “I’d gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today” J. Wellington Wimpy TECHNICAL DEBT
13. "code which a reasonable engineer, in the present, wishes was different" Mark Drago TECHNICAL DEBT
14. if a tree falls in the forest...
15. if it works, don’t fix it
16. technical debt is paid with time
17. technical debt is paid with time interests are paid with pain
18. no pain? no debt!
19. Pain Driven Development
20. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical
21. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED
22. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED
23. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED LATER IS CHEAPER
24. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED LATER IS CHEAPER LATER IS BETTER
25. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED LATER IS CHEAPER LATER IS BETTER LOAN SHARK
26. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED LATER IS CHEAPER LATER IS BETTER LOAN SHARK CREDIT CARD
27. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED LATER IS CHEAPER LATER IS BETTER LOAN SHARK CREDIT CARD RENTAL LEASE
28. TYPES OF DEBT Unexpected Planned Tactical Strategical THINGS CHANGED YOU CHANGED LATER IS CHEAPER LATER IS BETTER LOAN SHARK CREDIT CARD HOME MORTGAGE RENTAL LEASE
29. debt is leverage debt is tradeoff debt is a bet
30. technical debt is a good sign
31. if you have no debt you’re overpaying
32. how much debt?
33. Interest Rates Investment Returns Closing Costs Length of ownership TO RENT OR TO BUY?
34. are you a tenant? or an owner?
35. project lifetime team attrition
36. debt liquidity how easy is it to pay?
37. debt schedule how long? how often?
38. paint a wall? redo the kitchen? build a pool?
39. refinancing
40. bankruptcy
41. debt is a tool use it
42. debt is a tool use it (wisely)
43. if you have no debt you’re overpaying
44. ¿?
45. @sd THANK YOU