Maintainable

Adam Tornhill: Prioritizing Technical Debt With Behavioral Code Analysis


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Robby speaks with Adam Tornhill, founder of Empear and CodeScene. They discuss the benefits of having clear boundaries between teams, strategies for prioritizing where to start tackling technical debt, and how to improve the onboarding experience for developers new to a software codebase. Adam also shares a rare example of a successful rewrite project.

Helpful Links
  • Follow Adam on Twitter
  • Adam's Website
  • Empear
  • CodeScene
  • [Book] Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
  • Your Code as a Crime Scene
  • [Book] Software Design X-Rays
  • Adam's TedX Talk on Code, Crime, Complexity
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