2026-04-17 · updateTimelines are compressing, and the same pressure gives opposite outcomes depending on what the team practises
- A $950M business on a well maintained monolith, one architecture and one language continuously invested in, has good margins.
- A devtool company on mixed technologies and microservices needs an army of engineers to keep the lights on and is barely profitable.
- Each new leader adds a layer every 2-4 years. After a decade the development history shows old technologies left in place and the system is delicate.
- #architecture
- #due-diligence
- #m-and-a
- #tech-debt