🚀 Tech Debt vs. Speed to Market – Where do we draw the line?

🚀 Tech Debt vs. Speed to Market – Where do we draw the line?

In today’s fast-paced world, businesses feel constant pressure to ship products quickly. But every shortcut we take can add technical debt—the hidden cost of rushed code, skipped documentation, or postponed refactoring.

The dilemma is real:

Move fast and risk building a fragile foundation.

Slow down and risk missing market opportunities.

Neither extreme is sustainable. The key is balance.

✅ When speed is essential: Early-stage launches, MVPs, or situations where market timing is critical.

✅ When to pay down tech debt: Once traction is gained, before scaling, or when debt starts slowing delivery.

A healthy approach is to treat tech debt like financial debt: borrow strategically, repay deliberately. Ignoring it altogether will only compound the problem and lead to major rewrites later.

Question:

How do you manage the balance in your organisation? Do you consciously track and “budget” time for tech debt, or does speed always win out?

👇 I’d love to hear your strategies.

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