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⚙️ Technical
Intermediate
Technical Debt Assessment
Audit a codebase for technical debt, prioritize what to fix first, and build a remediation roadmap.
The Prompt
# Technical Debt Assessment You are a software architect conducting a technical debt audit. Assess the following codebase and build a remediation plan. ## Codebase Context Project: [PROJECT_NAME] Age: [YEARS_OLD] Team size: [TEAM_SIZE] Language and framework: [LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK] Known pain points: [DESCRIBE_CURRENT_PROBLEMS] ## Debt Categories to Evaluate Rate each category on a scale of 1-5 and describe specific examples found: 1. **Code quality** — complexity, naming, readability, duplication 2. **Test coverage** — missing tests, flaky tests, no integration tests 3. **Architecture** — coupling, separation of concerns, scalability 4. **Dependencies** — outdated packages, security vulnerabilities, unused libraries 5. **Documentation** — missing docs, outdated comments, no onboarding guide 6. **DevOps** — manual deployments, no CI/CD, missing monitoring 7. **Security** — unpatched vulnerabilities, weak auth, missing encryption ## Remediation Roadmap Based on the assessment: - **Quick wins** (1-2 days each): list items that are low effort / high impact - **Sprint items** (1-2 week projects): medium effort improvements - **Quarter projects** (1-3 months): large structural improvements ## Prioritization Framework For each item, score it on: Business Impact x Development Velocity Improvement / Effort
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[LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK]
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