technical debt
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 18, 2022 by Rob Walling · across every show →
Everything said about technical debt, oldest first
Oct 18, 2022
Walling: Allocating 20% of engineering time to tech debt is standard
“I will often see either if they're using sprint models, then like one out of every four, one out of every eight sprints is dedicated purely to technical debt and cleanup, or it's 20% Or some number that you feel comfortable with of the time is spent cleaning u…”
May 5, 2026 negative
Rob Walling: SaaS founders should avoid freelancers for core product development
“If I were building a SaaS today, I would try to avoid it. I would want a full-time person dedicated to, you know, whether that's me or whether that is someone that I hire. There's a certain amount of ownership of the code base And technical debt will screw you…”