/root talks Episodio 5 - Manejo de Deuda Técnica

Fifth episode of /root talks. We got down and dirty to talk about that concept we all suffer from but few of us manage well: technical debt. We sat down with 🎙️ Augusto Chesini   / chesini   from AWG 🎙️ Federico Sawady   / fsawady   from Maslow 🎙️ Leandro Sanchez   / lxsanchez   from Kiu and moderated by Diego Colombo   / diegocolombo   from Visma Latam to move beyond textbook definitions and share what it's like to experience day-to-day life when legacy code, unchecked growth, and product pressure clash with reality. This isn't a theoretical discussion. It's firsthand experience on: ✅ Debt vs. Risk: The key narrative shift to sitting down with the CEO and executives using language they understand. ✅ The Taringa! case: How the volume of legacy data and changing user behavior force you to redesign your product strategy and architecture. ✅ CTOs as politicians: Technical debt isn't just an infrastructure issue; it's about knowing how to communicate training timelines and balancing perfect solutions with business impact. If you're struggling with legacy code, this talk is pure gold. 📢 If you like the format and content, let us know and suggest topics for us to analyze. The idea is to continue releasing episodes on topics that resonate with us as technology leaders. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction and presentation of the panel 04:06 - The famous "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and technical legacy 08:33 - Deconstructing the concept: Why the word "Debt" confuses the business 12:33 - The trap of technical optimism and percentile monitoring 16:52 - Giant clients on small platforms 21:10 - The Knight Capital disaster 25:35 - The culture of code "pruning" and orphaned microservices 29:40 - The Taringa! case: Managing 10 terabytes of legacy data 33:55 - Infinite Scroll vs. Pagination 38:15 - The Myth of the "Total Refactor" and the Boy Scout Rule 42:30 - Knowledge Debt: The Transition to New Technologies 46:50 - The Political Role of the CTO and the Drivers of Rules in Production 51:15 - Technical Debt in the State: Multiple Technologies Coexisting 55:30 - Final Conclusions: Debt is Managed, Not Eliminated