⚠️📦 Feature Debt

If the product feature are done in a way that prioritizes short term goals over long term maintainability, I call it feature debt since its in user experience layer.

What does it look like?

Quick Fixes/Workarounds which do not cohere with architecture and product vision

Feature creep Continuously adding features without paying attention to consolidation

Incomplete Features good enough but lack finesse and polish

No Deprecation policy Keeping old features around forever, creating multiple ways to do same thing.

How does it manifest?

• User is confused, learning curve is rising, discovering features is hard resulting in cognitive overload.

• Adding features is becoming astronomically expensive

• Time to market is getting slower and slower.

How to manage it?

Be intentional when incurring it, and create a plan to address it through normal feature development process.