"20% FOR TECH DEBT" DOESN'T WORK

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Dedicating 20% of engineering capacity to technical debt doesn't work as effectively as it seems. This article highlights five common traps that hinder this approach, such as creating separate backlogs for product and tech, failing to communicate the value of technical work, and diluting focus on specific initiatives. Technical work should be integrated into the product roadmap and clearly demonstrate its business value in order to actually be prioritized.