The term “technical debt” refers to the cost an organization accrues to fix and maintain its codebase, largely when speed is prioritized over sustainability.
Here are our top tips of what to look for in a sustainable software solution
True no-code platforms eliminate technical debt by transferring the responsibility for coding to the platform developer. They allow you to quickly build custom applications, workflows, and reports without writing a single line of code, so technical debt is never produced.
At upgrade time, any packaged applications—and their customizations —should automatically inherit new advancements. This prevents your business from being locked into outdated technologies and saves you the time and expense of rebuilding customizations.
Any platform should use APIs to make connections with other systems easy, fast, and secure. IT teams can then spend less time maintaining and patching shoddy integrations and more time on mission-critical work.
Look for platforms that use AI to automate even the most unique business processes with workflows, business logic, and security capabilities. By automating these routine tasks, your IT team can focus on tasks that add business value and innovation.
A truly sustainable platform should be able to uptake and apply new technologies to applications without layers of patchwork or complete rewrites. This becomes a primary benefit of how applications are stored when they are not built with traditional coding mechanisms.
The term “technical debt” refers to the cost an organization accrues to fix and maintain its codebase, largely when speed is prioritized over sustainability.
Shadow IT
ERP customizations
Homegrown integrations
Pressure from higher-ups
System upgrades
Developer shortages
The reality is that all code has an expiration date and will eventually lead to technical debt, which is why it’s important to separate your business processes from the technology supporting them. Sustainably designed solutions thrive
in today’s pace of business change by ensuring that technologies can be seamlessly exchanged without disrupting the applications.
Here are our top tips of what to look for in a sustainable software solution
True no-code platforms eliminate technical debt by transferring the responsibility for coding to the platform developer. They allow you to quickly build custom applications, workflows, and reports without writing a single line of code, so technical debt is never produced.
At upgrade time, any packaged applications—and their customizations —should automatically inherit new advancements. This prevents your business from being locked into outdated technologies and saves you the time and expense of rebuilding customizations.
Any platform should use APIs to make connections with other systems easy, fast, and secure. IT teams can then spend less time maintaining and patching shoddy integrations and more time on mission-critical work.
Look for platforms that use AI to automate even the most unique business processes with workflows, business logic, and security capabilities. By automating these routine tasks, your IT team can focus on tasks that add business value and innovation.
A truly sustainable platform should be able to uptake and apply new technologies to applications without layers of patchwork or complete rewrites. This becomes a primary benefit of how applications are stored when they are not built with traditional coding mechanisms.
