In this episode of Technical Debt: Design, Risk and Beyond, hosts Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko break down one of the most widely documented technical-debt disasters in modern enterprise IT: the failed 2018 TSB Bank migration. More than two million customers lost access to their accounts, systems malfunctioned for weeks, and leadership was forced to answer to regulators. But behind the headlines lies a deeper lesson: technical debt exists at multiple layers: strategic, product, and architec...
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In this episode of Technical Debt: Design, Risk and Beyond, hosts Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko break down one of the most widely documented technical-debt disasters in modern enterprise IT: the failed 2018 TSB Bank migration. More than two million customers lost access to their accounts, systems malfunctioned for weeks, and leadership was forced to answer to regulators. But behind the headlines lies a deeper lesson: technical debt exists at multiple layers: strategic, product, and architec...
Legacy is not a four-letter word: rethinking old codebases
Technical Debt: Design, risk and beyond
19 minutes
5 months ago
Legacy is not a four-letter word: rethinking old codebases
Legacy doesn’t have to mean “bad.” In this episode of Technical Debt: Design, Risk and Beyond, hosts Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko discuss and challenge the myths around legacy code. They explore when legacy systems are a liability, when they’re a quiet strength, and why fear often drives decisions more than facts. Drawing from personal stories and consulting experiences, they discuss real cases where legacy code either supported growth for years or quietly undermined business stability. Yo...
Technical Debt: Design, risk and beyond
In this episode of Technical Debt: Design, Risk and Beyond, hosts Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko break down one of the most widely documented technical-debt disasters in modern enterprise IT: the failed 2018 TSB Bank migration. More than two million customers lost access to their accounts, systems malfunctioned for weeks, and leadership was forced to answer to regulators. But behind the headlines lies a deeper lesson: technical debt exists at multiple layers: strategic, product, and architec...
