When Refactoring Becomes a Business Necessity Most software systems do not collapse overnight.They deteriorate quietly, in ways that are easy to rationalise and difficult to confront. At first, the system still works. Customers can log in. Payments go through. New…
Why Test Coverage Makes Refactoring Possible — Not Slower Refactoring has a reputation for being risky.Testing has a reputation for being slow. Together, they are often framed as opposing forces: one that enables change, and another that delays it. This…
When a Successful MVP Starts Holding the Business Back Minimum Viable Products are designed to answer one question:Is this worth building? They are not designed to support scale, longevity, or organisational growth. Yet many of the most successful digital products…
Technical Debt Is Not a Metaphor: Understanding Its Real Business Cost Technical debt is often discussed casually.It is compared to financial debt, used as shorthand for “messy code”, and acknowledged as an inevitable by-product of fast delivery. This framing is…
Why Performance Problems Are Usually Architectural, Not Infrastructure-Related When performance problems appear, the first instinct is often to scale infrastructure.More servers. Bigger instances. Higher cloud budgets. In many organisations, performance optimisation begins and ends with provisioning.If the system is slow,…
Modernising Legacy Systems Without Disrupting the Business Legacy systems rarely exist by accident.They exist because they work — and because the business depends on them. These systems process payments, manage data, support customers, and encode years of operational knowledge. Shutting…
Refactoring vs Rewriting: Why Starting Over Is Rarely the Right Choice At some point in the life of almost every software product, the same thought emerges:“It would be easier to start over.” Years of accumulated compromises, legacy decisions, rushed releases,…
Why CTOs Should Treat Refactoring as a Strategic Responsibility In many organisations, refactoring is discussed as an engineering concern rather than a leadership responsibility.It appears on backlogs as “cleanup”, “improvement”, or “nice to have” work — something to address when…
