Technical debt is killing your velocity.
Understand your technical debt and what to do about it in 5 days.
If delivery keeps slipping, releases are getting riskier, or every small change causes unexpected breakage, you’re not imagining it.
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You’re buried in technical debt.
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This 5-part email series walks you through the signs, risks, and tradeoffs that matter so you can move from guesswork to clarity and make decisions with confidence.
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From the systems team at Quicksilver.dev.
Trusted by engineering leads who need more than a backlog bandaid.
Get The Technical Debt Brief
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Here's what you'll get over 5 days
1
What technical debt actually is — and what it’s not
Not all shortcuts are mistakes. We’ll unpack how to separate healthy tradeoffs from hidden risk.
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How debt hides in systems, process, and people
Debt doesn’t just live in code. It shows up in outdated workflows, version drift, and over-reliance on tribal knowledge.
3
Five signs your system is overdue for a clean-up
The product’s shipping — but it takes longer, breaks more often, and nobody wants to touch that one folder. We’ll walk through the flags to look for.
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What (and how) to fix first
You don’t need to fix everything. Learn how to identify high-leverage fixes that reduce risk and unlock speed.
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What to do next
You’ll get practical steps to keep moving forward. If you want help, we’ll make it easy. If not, you’ll still leave with clarity.