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July 24, 2028
In 1 year, 9 monthsYou spend all day unbreaking the code you architected last year.
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Day 10
Vision models flag every technical debt item you ignored.
Month 5
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Month 10
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Month 15
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Month 21 · D-Day
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Average architecture review meetings
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Bugs created by refactoring
65%
Percentage of time in Jira
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