Dev Tools · 59m ago
Culture Debt Erodes Engineering Teams Faster Than Tech Debt
A software engineer describes how a manager's focus on code volume over quality created 'culture debt' on a small team. This led to skipped planning, no testing, and eroded trust between teams. The article argues culture debt is harder to detect than tech debt but more damaging long-term.
Meridian48 take
The piece makes a valid point about invisible organizational rot, but its advice is limited to small teams and lacks concrete metrics for measuring culture debt.
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