A while ago, I opened a file and immediately knew something was off.
Not because it was broken.
Not because it was complex.
But because it had that shape.
You know the one:
if ... {
// something
} else if ... {
// something else
} else if ......
A few years ago, I left a code review feeling… weird.
The code worked.
Tests were passing.
But the comments?
> “This is wrong”
>
> “Bad approach”
>
> “Rewrite this”
No explanation.
No context.
Just judgment.
Nothing was technically incorrect....
We were moving fast.
Features shipped every week.
Stakeholders were happy.
The backlog was finally under control.
Then, almost without noticing, everything slowed down. A feature that should have taken a day took three abd a small change broke so...
Last week I opened a React component… and immediately closed it.
Not because it was complex.
But because it felt hostile.
You know that feeling: the file keeps scrolling, props are flying around, and every small change feels like it might break so...
If you’ve recently started using Next.js 13+, you’ve probably opened a project and thought:
> “Why does this folder structure feel so… different?”
>
With the App Router, the app/ directory became the heart of every modern Next.js project. But for ...
> TL;DR
>
> Technical debt isn’t just a developer inconvenience, it’s a business risk with compound interest. When developers leave, they often take the “why” behind the code with them.
> Clean Code isn’t about perfection: it’s about preserving know...