🥇Technical Debt Olympics

Dedicate a specific, high-energy event (one or two-week "sprint") focused only on the most impactful technical debt.

It's a break from feature work, more like a competition.

Teams compete to remove the most lines of dead/bad code, improve test coverage, or simplify the most complex modules, with prizes, recognition, and public dashboards.

A bit of play also helps in boosting morale.