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LinkedIn post ideas about technical debt

Technical debt is one of the more misunderstood concepts in business. Posts that explain it through real stories, not metaphors, help both technical and non-technical leaders make better decisions about when to take on debt and when to pay it down.

6 post ideas to try

  1. 1Share the moment your technical debt became so painful that it forced a multi-week shutdown to address it.
  2. 2Describe how you explained technical debt to a non-technical CEO and finally got buy-in for addressing it.
  3. 3Write about the technical shortcut you took intentionally and why it was the right call at the time.
  4. 4Tell the story of the feature that took 10x longer to build because of accumulated debt, and how you used that to change priorities.
  5. 5Share your framework for deciding when tech debt is worth taking on versus when to build it right.
  6. 6Describe the tech debt 'audit' process you use to keep it visible and managed.

Example hooks to grab attention

“Our codebase was a mess. I knew it. My team knew it. However, it took a 3-day outage for leadership to finally listen.”
“I took on technical debt intentionally to ship 2 months early. Three years later, here's the full cost.”

Tips for writing about this topic

  • •Use concrete analogies and real numbers. 'It takes 3 days to add a feature that should take 3 hours' communicates urgency better than any metaphor.
  • •Write for the non-technical audience. The many meaningful tech debt posts are the ones business leaders can understand.
  • •Be honest about the tradeoffs. Sometimes taking on debt is the right move, acknowledging this makes your argument for paying it down more credible.

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