We talk to experienced architects and technology leaders about the architectural choices they’ve made — the good, the bad, and the costly. From scaling systems to integrating legacy platforms, from misaligned domains to governance gaps, we discuss how architecture impacts technical debt. You’ll hear honest stories of architectural missteps, what teams learned from them, and how they built systems designed not just to work, but to last.
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Can AI help identify hidden technical debt better than humans?
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In this episode of Technical Debt: Design, Risk and Beyond, hosts Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko explore whether artificial intelligence can really spot technical debt more effectively than human architects and engineers. Drawing on real-world projects: from investor due diligence to scaling SaaS platforms, they share stories of how AI has surface…
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What does it really mean to pay off technical debt?
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We often talk about “paying off technical debt” as if it were a one-time event, but is that even possible? In this episode, Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko dive deep into what it truly means to address technical debt and why the language of "paying off" can be misleading. Through personal stories, hard lessons, and client case studies, they will ex…
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Legacy is not a four-letter word: rethinking old codebases
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Legacy doesn’t have to mean “bad.” In this episode of Technical Debt: Design, Risk and Beyond, hosts Maxim Silaev and Nikita Golovko discuss and challenge the myths around legacy code. They explore when legacy systems are a liability, when they’re a quiet strength, and why fear often drives decisions more than facts. Drawing from personal stories a…
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The hidden cost of scaling teams and how architecture can help
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As engineering teams grow, many organizations expect velocity to increase, but often the opposite happens. In this episode, we will explore the invisible costs of scaling headcount without evolving your system architecture. From onboarding delays to tangled communication paths and team overlap, we break down why more people often leads to less effe…
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How product strategy silently shapes your architecture, and what architects can do about it
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In this episode, we explore how product strategy - even when not explicitly technical - has a profound and in most times invisible impact on software architecture. From market segmentation to feature prioritisation, many product decisions quietly affect long-term architectural consequences. We unpack how phrases like "just support one more use case…
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Engineering Culture that Prevents Technical Debt
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In this episode, we explore how technical debt is not just a code problem — it's a cultural one. Together, we unpack the elements of a healthy engineering culture that naturally guards against the slow decay of software systems. We start by defining what “engineering culture” really means and how it silently shapes every architectural decision, sho…
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