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You’re leading an engineering team that needs to keep shipping customer-facing improvements while also addressing accumulated technical debt that is slowing development and increasing operational risk. Product and go-to-market partners are pushing for visible feature progress, while engineers are raising concerns about reliability, maintainability, and delivery predictability if foundational issues continue to pile up.
How do you balance technical debt against new feature work?