I know exactly which corners of the code are rotting and slowing us down, and I bring it up every planning meeting. But it's always the shiny new feature that wins, because that's what the business can see. I nod and push the cleanup to next quarter again, and it never comes. I can manage the debt fine, I just can't win the argument to actually pay it off.
More people experience this than they realize.
You know the tech debt needs paying down, but you keep losing the argument to shiny new features.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.